[FSUG-Bangalore] an open source success story at brindavan

[haynes davis]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Safwan <esafwan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi every body....
> I am doing my bbm final at Brindavan College, Bangalore.
> We had a business plan competition happening here...
> I took this opportunity and sold a remasterd gnu/linux distro after adding
> all software that
> a normal user would need.
> We where charging for the Dvd and Installation support (Rs.100)
> Compiz, Gnome Do etc was pre Installed.
> We successfully helped around 60 Students and Lecturers to change from
> windows to Gnu/Linux.
> In fact each time we gave a demo, 2 or 3 bought a copy. Only reason students
> are not using this
> is because they don't know about this. They have a feeling that this things
> are not user friendly.
> We where also promoting the free software philosophy. We wrote on the DVD
> that it was freely redistrubutable.
> We where selling it in the name uniQx, everything from icons to theme where
> rebranded.
> In the End we won the business plan and students came to know the power of
> Gnu/Linux. We also published a bulletin comparing
> features of linux with windows 7.
> Wrote this so that this serves as an inspiration to plan similar campaigns
> in campuses etc
> Thanking You
> Safwan Erooth



a really good morning news :)