04-06-2006, 06:33 AM
I held an auction at my company. I took all of the old computers and monitors and I installed Ubuntu on the machines. I set a minimum bit of $10 and a max bid of $50. The first person to $50 got the machine. We made about $500. Much better than the $200 it cost to get rid of them.
I actually had a guy ask me about software for Ubuntu. He was having a really hard time grasping the notion of free software. If you're not familiar with it, there is a menu section in Ubuntu called Add/Remove Software. It is like being a kid in a candy store. Just about anything you could want is listed pre-compiled ready to install. This guy thought he'd died and gone to heaven when he finally understood what I was telling him.
I actually had a guy ask me about software for Ubuntu. He was having a really hard time grasping the notion of free software. If you're not familiar with it, there is a menu section in Ubuntu called Add/Remove Software. It is like being a kid in a candy store. Just about anything you could want is listed pre-compiled ready to install. This guy thought he'd died and gone to heaven when he finally understood what I was telling him.