Weekend Advocacy

On Saturday, walking across the Ripley Max Mall checking out some notebooks I found out that there was some Olidata notebooks with Ubuntu Pre-Installed I started testing them and realize that were installed with Gutsy.

After a couple of minutes a Clerk ask, Would you like to know more about the product?, I said : Yes, of course. so he talked about the hardware and when he came to the OS he said: It comes with some linux, but you can format the HD and install Windows XP.

In that moment I realize that Clerks need urgent update about Ubuntu, so took out my hardy ship it  copy and gave him it. also told him that I will be back tomorrow (Sunday) to demonstrate the installation and configuration.

Well Sunday was a good beginning, The Clerk told to his co – workers . The results were: 2 Laptop full installed : Ubuntu + Compiz Fusion + Restricted Extras. Obiously Compiz Fusion leave them with the mouth open, special because there were on simple notebooks (Pentiun Celeron, 512Mb Ram, no special graphic card) also some convinced clients

Conclusions:

Ubuntu Advocacy also must target clerks and Retailers because their influence in the final customer is crucial and if they underestimate Linux, customer will go with the wrong info about it.

I will keep looking fordward to aproach the sales managers to talk about it