[kwlug-disc] Flossy netbook survey

[Kyle Farwell]

> I know this is just a class project in high school.  But, you don't need
> survey to figure out why it didn't sell.  It was just PR.
For sure, but the survey is part of the project. Maybe it can help focus
PR improvements.

> Instead, you should plot the price depreciation of commodity laptops
> over the relevant period.  That's also part of "market research".
I'll try to fit that in as well, thanks.


Kyle Farwell

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On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 08:39:02PM -0500, William Park wrote:
> I know this is just a class project in high school.  But, you don't need
> survey to figure out why it didn't sell.  It was just PR.
> 
> Instead, you should plot the price depreciation of commodity laptops
> over the relevant period.  That's also part of "market research".
> -- 
> William
> 
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 06:57:48PM -0500, Kyle Farwell wrote:
> > Unfortunately the Yeeloong is no longer in production. Tekmote had them
> > for $340-$430 up until December 2014 sometime but now the only place I
> > know of with stock is Freedom Included, which is reserving its last $530
> > units for MIPS developers.
> > <http://www.tekmote.nl/en_GB>
> > <http://www.freedomincluded.com/>
> > 
> > Lemote has some other computers, but they have some non-free parts. The
> > Loongson 3A laptop (in stock at Tekmote) and Fuloong Mini at least need
> > proprietary VGA BIOS for graphics.
> > 
> > There should be new Lemote computers with the Loongson 3B chip soon, so
> > maybe there will be something similar to the Yeeloong.
> > 
> > 
> > Kyle Farwell
> > 
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> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 06:26:49PM -0500, William Park wrote:
> > > The most important spec is missing... price!
> > > -- 
> > > William
> > > 
> > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 04:53:11PM -0500, Kyle Farwell wrote:
> > > > I'm doing a summative project for a high school marketing class and need
> > > > to survey 20 people in the market for a flossy GNU/Linux netbook. If you
> > > > have a couple minutes to fill out a 12 question survey I'd really
> > > > appreciate your response.
> > > > 
> > > > The survey can be found at <http://kotori.me/surveys/index.php/984562>.
> > > > The JavaScript and backend are licensed under the GPLv2, and the survey
> > > > text is licensed under CC0.
> > > > <https://www.limesurvey.org/en/about-limesurvey/license>
> > > > 
> > > > If anyone is interested, the netbook in question is the Lemote Yeeloong.
> > > > It's a small MIPS-based machine with a free BIOS, used by RMS up until
> > > > recently.
> > > > <http://www.lemote.com/en/products/Notebook/2010/0310/112.html>
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Kyle Farwell
> > > > 
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> > > 
> > > 
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