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Using Computer Stores to Spread Open Source?

Posted by Cliff on from the ninja-marketing dept.

DigitalRaptor asks: "I live in a small city with about 4 or 5 computer stores, most of whom I know personally. None of these stores offer Open Source software on the computers they sell (Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, etc), and none of them have anything in place to educate their customers about spyware and viruses. I'd like to approach them with all of the relevant information in a presentable format. I think this would be a great way to spread OSS and to help the average consumer at the same time. Is there a project out there for this purpose that local advocates could use to approach computer stores in their town?"

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  1. Re:Computer users by Lord+Kano · · Score: 1, Troll

    That attitude is not acceptable. If someone thought that they could buy a new car and just drive it, we would laugh at them. We need to laugh at the people who think the same way about their computer.

    LK

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  2. Eventually... by xENoLocO · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sooner or later the open source movement is going to have to stop relying on "its more secure!". What are you going to do when someone takes this excuse away? If you put out a better product, you'll attract more and more users. Simply put.

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  3. DigitalRaptor HOW OLD ARE YOU by This+is+outrageous! · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thre goes my karma but I mean, come on...

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  4. Grammar police by mark-t · · Score: 0, Troll
    I live in a small city with about 4 or 5 computer stores, most of whom I know personally.
    Stores are things, not people. Unless one lives in a magical make-believe land where inanimate things can talk.

    I believe the appropriate pronoun would be "which", not "whom".

    There's also the semantic issue of "personally knowing" something, which connotes a relationship which isn't congruous with what would be normal for a relationship between a store and a person.

    (This post will be modded into oblivion, I have no doubt)

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