Amazon.com needs some Fedora Love

[Karlie Robinson]

http://www.amazon.com/Fedora-Card-OLPC-XO-Laptop/dp/B001L7EGA6/ is the 
new home of Fedora 10 on SD card for the OLPC Laptop. 

The product won't show as available until Monday, so we still have a 
little time to spiff it up if needed (have an opinion to share? I'd love 
to hear it).

We also have the opportunity to show some love by adding user created 
content to the listing.  Specifically; Customer Images, Tags, Ratings, 
Reviews, Customer discussions and Amapedia (?) articles.

So if you have an Amazon.com account and have something you want to add, 
it would help the listing look less like a ghost town. 

Thanks,
Karlie

[Russell Harrison]

Well I need to buy a bigger SD card for testing this anyway.  Assuming
the revenue from these sales makes its way back to the OLPC and / or
Fedora I'd be happy to make the first purchase.  Any of us that do
purchase from here should help it popularity.  Has the price been
determined yet?  It isn't showing in the Amazon page.

Russell

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Karlie Robinson
<karlie_robinson(a)webpath.net&gt; wrote:
>  http://www.amazon.com/Fedora-Card-OLPC-XO-Laptop/dp/B001L7EGA6/ is
> the new
>  home of Fedora 10 on SD card for the OLPC Laptop.
>  The product won't show as available until Monday, so we still have a little
>  time to spiff it up if needed (have an opinion to share? I'd love to hear
>  it).
>
>  We also have the opportunity to show some love by adding user created
>  content to the listing.  Specifically; Customer Images, Tags, Ratings,
>  Reviews, Customer discussions and Amapedia (?) articles.
>
>  So if you have an Amazon.com account and have something you want to add, it
>  would help the listing look less like a ghost town.
>  Thanks,
>  Karlie
>
>
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[Karlie Robinson]

Actually, Both OLPC and Fedora opted out of any earnings so the prices 
have been set based on cost recovery, but the F10 card does help boost 
sales of the XO during Give One Get One because Fedora adds flexibility 
to the hardware. 

So think of boosting 'profit' for OLPC and Fedora in terms of reach.  
Each XO user is a potential Fedora user and each Fedora user is a 
potential XO user.  Not to mention new folks on both sides of that 
equation knowing that they'll get an OS their kids will love (Sugar) and 
one where the layout and function is more familiar (Fedora). 

The price of the cards at On-Disk.com is $32.02 and $40 at Amazon to 
account for their commission of 15% and $1.35 per card plus their 
monthly membership fee. 

If you want a blank card I can extend the 'testing' price to make sure 
you get one at cost ($30US)  We'll have them in inventory on the 19th as 
we prepare for duplication once F10 is released. 

Email off list if you have questions on prices. 

~Karlie

Russell Harrison wrote:
>  Well I need to buy a bigger SD card for testing this anyway. 
> Assuming
>  the revenue from these sales makes its way back to the OLPC and / or
>  Fedora I'd be happy to make the first purchase.  Any of us that do
>  purchase from here should help it popularity.  Has the price been
>  determined yet?  It isn't showing in the Amazon page.
>
>  Russell
>

[Jon Stanley]

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Karlie Robinson
<karlie_robinson(a)webpath.net&gt; wrote:

>  The product won't show as available until Monday, so we still
> have a little
>  time to spiff it up if needed (have an opinion to share? I'd love to hear
>  it). 
I noticed that in the bullet list, persistant is misspelled (should be
persistent).  I'm spinning a new LiveCD right now with the latest
fixes since preview so that I can provide some pictures that are very
close to what F10 will look like on it (rawhide even says F10 right
now!).

I'll probably feature it next to my rawhide testing machine (an HP
Pavilion "normal" laptop, 15.4", which will showcase the size of the
XO).

[Karlie Robinson]

Jon Stanley wrote:
>  I noticed that in the bullet list, persistant is misspelled (should
> be
>  persistent).   
Thanks - I was able to change it last night.  I really appreciate
the 
extra eyes on this.  I've spent so much time looking at it that it's 
hard to see what's really there. 

>  I'm spinning a new LiveCD right now with the latest
>  fixes since preview so that I can provide some pictures that are very
>  close to what F10 will look like on it (rawhide even says F10 right
>  now!).
>
>  I'll probably feature it next to my rawhide testing machine (an HP
>  Pavilion "normal" laptop, 15.4", which will showcase the size of the
>  XO).
>
>     
That would be wonderful. 

We have plans to add more images, but I think "customer images" will 
give a much better impression. 

I'm sure there will be XO users hearing about Fedora for the very first 
time.  Customer action shots will have an effect by showing that while 
Fedora on the XO is new, Fedora itself has a history. 

Obviously we can't say for sure what goes through every person's mind, 
but your 'action shots' could help someone decide on Fedora. 

We're also hoping for some good exposure at Amazon and OLPC is going 
strong with promotions - in fact I heard that Tom Brady (Popular NFL 
Quarter Back for the New England Patriots before his injury) had filmed 
a promo for Give One Get One. 

Now think of it this way - last year G1G1 had 16k Laptops ordered on the 
first day and the expectation is to double this year.  If the SD card is 
listed along side, what could that do for promoting Fedora as a whole? 

~Karlie