Re: Consulting franchise idea

Interesting...

Chris

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> Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 23:46:45 -0500
> From: Brian Fahrlander <brianfahrlander.net>
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>      Microsoft sees the marketplace for a
limited-performance machine
> and a service. Just for email, document prep, browsing,
media playing,
> the simple stuff; they call it WebTV. Linux can do SO
much more than that.
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>      So how about us?  Tonight I'm suggesting a
"local expert' idea
> where each serves up to 1,000 residential PCs.
>
>      Here's the details:
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>      $50 to start, several hours of training
>      $20/month for free tech support, by wire
>      $10/month for each home directory to be backed up,
online
>
>      Every referral signed up provides a month's free
service to the
> customer. Online tech support is free, on-site is
$30/hour.
>
>      Since it's Linux, there won't be much to do
(compared to Windows).
>
>      But here's the thing: each consultant grooms his
own field of
> customers, and we all meet up at Canonical through a
mailing list to
> trade ideas and discuss strategies. In this way, we can
bring Linux to
> every corner of the world, even a low-tech, backward
place like
> Evansville, Indiana. (Population 300,000.)
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>      
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>      Your thoughts?
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>   Evansville, IN                              http://Fahrlander.net/bri
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