[ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu noted and raved about in the third prediction

2007-12-31 Thread Richard Houston
sees this and goes, "Hmmm maybe we should look at this Linux thing. Let give those guys at Canonical a call and see what we can do." :) http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10410912 Happy holidays everyone!! ++ Best regards, -Richa

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Ubuntu Information and Criticism of Ubuntu Marketing

2007-10-30 Thread Richard Houston
>> The question here is really if the community can do that. Or do you >> need someone like Canonical or Red Hat to take charge and come up with a >> vision to drive that kind of marketing? >> >> nick > > Unfortunately I think the community is great at talking, talking and > erm talking! > > Most i

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] New York Times advertisement for Ubuntu

2007-10-24 Thread Richard Houston
>>> It got noticed in the foss community because it was original. >>> However, the readers of the New York Times just saw an advert - a bit >>> unusual, but then most adverts are trying to be unusual in some >>> way. A page full of names will be unusual anyway. >>> >>> The one single thing that

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] New York Times advertisement for Ubuntu

2007-10-24 Thread Richard Houston
> Advertising 'just works' > > > :-) > > > It got noticed in the foss community because it was original. > However, the readers of the New York Times just saw an advert - a bit > unusual, but then most adverts are trying to be unusual in some way. A > page full of names will be unusual anyway. >

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Dell Ubuntu Review by Walt Mossberg

2007-09-13 Thread Richard Houston
> I saw the video comments. And he complains about some things that we > already know (mp3 codecs, dvd player, etc), and he says that those are > the common things that an average user needs. So in the final he advise > that Linux Ubuntu is not for mainstream or nontechnical users. I wonder if i

[ubuntu-marketing] Tux500

2007-04-11 Thread Richard Houston
o make a bigger splash. Additionally, the project is being audited by members of the GNU/Linux media." Full post at: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/85530/index.html +----+ Best regards, -Richard Houston -R.L.H. Consulting -E-Mail [EMAIL PROT

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Template emails for contacting journalists?

2007-04-11 Thread Richard Houston
> > The beta announcement is available on the wiki at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeistyBetaAnnouncement. Please feel free to > start contacting journalists talking about the release, and these key > messages. Looks like great so far. I think it could be of value to add a part about the LTSP 5 pac

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Gnome Control Center

2007-04-03 Thread Richard Houston
Is there a howto on setting the control panel back up and how to customize it like whit the mentioned tabs? I can see a few of my users/clients finding the control center as a nice feature. ++ Best regards, -Richard Houston -R.L.H. Consulting -E-Mail [EMAIL

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] spread Linux competition

2007-03-24 Thread Richard Houston
I could point them at some success stories I am sure that would help them see the benefit's others have see and help ease there minds. Thanks all. ++ Best regards, -Richard Houston -R.L.H. Consulting -E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -WWW http://www.rlh

ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com

2007-03-15 Thread Richard Houston
> As you all know; Dell launched dellideastorm.com to get community > feedback and suggestions. I think this move was brilliant on Dell's > part, allowing them to get invaluable feedback that otherwise would have > been too vast, overwhelming and complex to deal with. This "Web2.0" > approach

[ubuntu-marketing] Marketing ideas / past exploits

2007-03-08 Thread Richard Houston
iew it and get ideas for there own usage. This page may already exist and I apologize if this has already been done or discusses. ++ Best regards, -Richard Houston -R.L.H. Consulting -E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -WWW http://www.rlhc.net -Bloghttp://ww

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Dell's Moving on Linux - 100, 000 Customer Requests

2007-03-07 Thread Richard Houston
S. Throw enough spaghetti at the wall and some will stick. ++ Best regards, -Richard Houston -R.L.H. Consulting -E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -WWW http://www.rlhc.net -Bloghttp://www.rlhc.net/blog/ > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: RIPEMD160 &g

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-01 Thread Richard Houston
> On 3/1/07, Jono Bacon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> >> I was involved in some discussions yesterday about coming up with some >> ideas of how to mark the Feisty release in a unique and interesting >> way. The idea is that the community could do something interesting, >> attenti