[Marketing] [IAEP] zareason offering ubuntu on a strick

[David Farning]

Interesting!

I'll try to dig deeper into what they are doing.

david

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> That Partimus site redefines "minimalism": we do good stuff so here's
> how to donate :-)
>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 16:50, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> This part is especially interesting:
>>
>> Some more info about ZaReason, I find interesting the reference to
>> OLPC and Partimus:
>>
>> http://www.workswithu.com/2009/05/27/zareason-preparing-ubuntu-server-netbook/
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Tomeu
>>
>>> "In the spirit of open source, we are offering Ubuntu or any other
>>> distro that you would like to see. If you want a distro that we don't
>>> already list, please email us at  stickylinux at zareason.com and we'll
>>> see what we can do to add your distro to the list."
>>>
>>> What makes it work is that they evacuate our problem of multiple stick
>>> vendors; much easier for them to do QC on a single stick make and
>>> model - even if the manufacturer makes a running change, if they work
>>> closely together they can test a new model.
>>>
>>> Karlie at on-disk.com has been offering the SoaS beta basically at
>>> cost, I think getting SoaS listed with such suppliers (perhaps in
>>> branded/nonbranded variants) is an excellent approach.
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 4:40 PM, David Farning <dfarning at sugarlabs.org> wrote:
>>>> Here is an interesting link.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.zareason.com/shop/product.php?productid=16204&cat=0&page=1
>>>>
>>>> ZaReason, a linux hardware reseller, is offering ubuntu on a stick for
>>>> $39.00 for a four gig stick.  They call it sticky linux:)
>>>>
>>>> ZaReason is an ubuntu shop.  Ubuntu is not well regarded for pushing
>>>> improvements back upstream.  On the other hand, every linux on usb
>>>> user drives the product forward.
>>>>
>>>> david
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