Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Feisty RC page...

[Eldo Varghese]

Ronnie Tucker wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> is the text on the FeistyFawn/RC page finalised? I see it's missing a lot of 
> screens but i'm sure I can grab those from Phil's page...
> 
> Just eager to get this final article into the magazine...
> 
Working on it, just need to do section on Sparc and OEM installer. The 
older screen caps are all crap though so cant use those. Downloading the 
DVD right now so will be done by tonight.
- Eldo

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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marketing Meeting

[Eldo Varghese]

Martin Albisetti wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> Since we haven't had a meeting for some time, now would be a great
> time to have one and get things going again.
> 
> Add whatever you want discussed in:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/Meetings
> 
> What would be a good day/hour to have it?
> 
> I think the next week would be great  :D
> 
> 
> Martin
> 
Hi Christina
Is there any way you can attend this? I would really really like to see 
some more community marketing being utilized. Please come to the meetings.
- Eldo

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[Eldo Varghese]

matt wight wrote:
> 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 allowing 
> users to vote and comment ideas, allows the most popular to float to the 
> top, to "separate the wheat from the chaff" so to speak
> 
> I purpose that Canonical follow suit with a similar "idea storm".  A 
> web2.0 approach similar to dell's ideastorm, for ideas on how to improve 
> ubuntu , suggestions, constructive criticism and annoyances. A place 
> where people feel their opinions can actually be heard, rather than 
> ignored. 
> 
> It has been my experience that developers while brilliant and 
> technically capable lack the ability to see the perspective of the 
> "average Joe computer user".   It has also been pointed out that the 
> forums and lauchpad allow for users to give feedback, however both of 
> these lack the spirit that the " Web2.0" approach gives.  Launchpad is 
> imho too technical for most users, and the forums really don't provide 
> an easy way to harness the collective opinions of ubuntu's user base.
> 
> I can see only good things coming from harnessing the collective wisdom 
> of users, such as allowing for coherent, focused and prioritized 
> feedback for the developers. 
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Matthew Wight
> 
there is already an open source feedback software available called 
Hendrix, created by mofo: http://hendrix.mozilla.org/
- Eldo

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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Upcoming milestone (herd 4)

[Eldo Varghese]

Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> we're getting close to Herd 4.  so if one of you could write up a page
> similar to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/herd3 for herd 4, that'd be
> wonderful.
> 
> Estimated time of release is Thursday, and apologies for the late
> warning.
> 
We will be working on this all wednesday. Come join us in 
#ubuntu-marketing.
- Eldo

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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Using Ubuntu in an animated studio

[Eldo Varghese]

Hi guys
I know everyone is excited about this, but please keep in mind that 
nothing about this email is final, so I am asking everyone to please be 
a bit discrete about this. We don't want to spread around rumors about 
this and then have this fall through because of the rumors which does 
happen. So please guys don't talk much about this except for when 
absolutely necessary, at least until canonical says its ok to do so.
- Eldo

Alex Faure wrote:
> Hi there
> I am the technical consultant for a new CGI animation studio that will 
> be built in Cape Town South Africa next year.
> We are planning to make South Africa's first CGI animated feature film.
> Our installation will probably result in one of the fastest super 
> computer sites in Southern Africa, and we are planning to run our render 
> farm and the 100 seater animation studio on Linux.
> the reason for this email is to explore the suitability of using Ubuntu 
> for the installation - particularly because of the South African angle 
> which we are trying to promote.
> Or technical partners are recommending Red Hat or Suse - but I am 
> exploring the possibility of using Ubuntu. Would this be viable? Is 
> Ubuntu robust enough for such an installation? Is there sufficient 
> support in South Africa in general and Cape Town in particular to assist 
> us. It would be my intention to hire a Linux expert to work with us for 
> the 30 month duration of the project (and beyond if we make additional 
> films)
> I like Kubuntu as a desktop - and would like to consider that for the 
> studio.
> We will be running Autodesk software - Maya, Mental Ray and discipline 
> specific applications (all which are available on Linux)
> I would appreciate further information.
> We are also not averse to giving screen credits etc in relation to the 
> support we receive for this project.
> The film is American funded and will more than likely be distributed by 
> Warner Brothers. We are signing up a USA wide launch for the film.
> You can find out more about Sunrise (the production company) at 
> www.sunrise.co.za  and we have a recruitment 
> web site at www.anafricantale.com 
> Regards
>  
> Carpe Diem Productions    IT 
> Consultants, Microsoft Registered Partner, TV and Film Production Services
> 
>   
> *Alex Faure`*
>   PO Box 48483
> Kommetjie
> Cape Town 7976
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>  
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> 
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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Not using gobby (UWN)

[Eldo Varghese]

Hi t u
Actually with gobby it saves the the information of who did the edits, 
and as long as the documented is still in the gobby server you can 
access it and find out who wrote what. Granted it uses whatever name 
they gave to the gobby server, but it does also keep their ip etc. in 
the logs. So we can tell who wrote what,when and from where in gobby.
- Eldo

t u wrote:
> Corey Burger wrote:
>> On 12/10/06, t u <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is it possible not to use gobby? It's just horribly hard to find out
>>> what changed between pre-gobby and post-gobby changes. Have a look:
>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue24?action=diff&rev2=34&rev1=29
>>>
>>>
>>> The "show changes" feature of our wiki is really not useful (looks bad,
>>> which means it's hard t ofigure out everything quickly). So I prefer to
>>> check the changes via email alerts (which shows incremental changes like
>>> patch files).
>> Yes, Gobby makes things hard to see who did what. We also left 24 in
>> gobby for a long time. The issue is that we need the collaborative
>> real time editing for the UWN. Without it we it takes much much
>> longer.
>>
>> Corey
>>
> Hi,
> 
> Just to clarify, the reason I mentioned this now and not before is
> because if too many [Turkish] people know about the news item on Kurdish
> Ubuntu, this UWN will most probably be vandalized (I'm Turkish, I am
> familiar with our sensitivities... ;) ) and I've been closely monitoring
> it.
> 
> So... with a gobby edit like this (so hard to verify what info survived
> the edit), I almost dropped dead with an anxiety attack ;)
> 
> Just clarifying, no need to reply :)
> 
> Thanks

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[ubuntu-marketing] [Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Re: PressTeam]]

[Eldo Varghese]

oops sent it to jenda only.
- Eldo

 Original Message 
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-marketing] [Fwd: Re:  PressTeam]
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 14:26:19 -0400
From: Eldo Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jan Vancura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

hmm have to discuss that with MatthewRevell, anyone else have thoughts
about this?
- Eldo

Jan Vancura wrote:
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> Eldo Varghese wrote:
>> Hi all
>> One of the things I am working on is the EPK [0] (Electronic Press Kit).
>>   While working on it I noticed that the PressTeam page [1] is filed
>> under / [2] not under /MarketingTeam [3] I would like to change this. So
>> if no one has any objections I will move /PressTeam to
>> /MarketingTeam/PressTeam.
>> - Eldo
>> [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PressTeam/EPK
>> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PressTeam
>> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
>> [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam
>>
> 
> No objections here.
> You might want to make it '/MarketingTeam/MediaRelations' instead.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] PressTeam

[Eldo Varghese]

So I didn't get any objections in the last couple of days, so will change.
- Eldo

Eldo Varghese wrote:
> Hi all
> One of the things I am working on is the EPK [0] (Electronic Press Kit). 
>   While working on it I noticed that the PressTeam page [1] is filed 
> under / [2] not under /MarketingTeam [3] I would like to change this. So 
> if no one has any objections I will move /PressTeam to 
> /MarketingTeam/PressTeam.
> - Eldo
> [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PressTeam/EPK
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PressTeam
> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
> [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam
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[ubuntu-marketing] PressTeam

[Eldo Varghese]

Hi all
One of the things I am working on is the EPK [0] (Electronic Press Kit). 
  While working on it I noticed that the PressTeam page [1] is filed 
under / [2] not under /MarketingTeam [3] I would like to change this. So 
if no one has any objections I will move /PressTeam to 
/MarketingTeam/PressTeam.
- Eldo
[0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PressTeam/EPK
[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PressTeam
[2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/
[3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam

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Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Accounting/Bookkeeping software (was Re: Ubuntu software packages)

[Eldo Varghese]

Actually the reason Quasar isn't included in the repositories is simply 
because no one has packaged it. Quasar is released under the GPL [0] so 
there would be no problem with including it in the repositories. CCing 
the motu.
- Eldo

[0] http://www.linuxcanada.com/faq.shtml

john levin wrote:
> Stan Jordan wrote:
> 
>> I have just one concern with Ubuntu ( which I love...both the software 
>> and the philosophy) which is, if Ubuntu is to be used by 
>> micro/small/medium sized business, which I would suggest represents a 
>> huge number of people worldwide, why is there no bookkeeping/accounting 
>> software listed in the download repository. This is the absolutely 
>> essential tool of any business, and without it all of these thousands of 
>> businesses cannot change to Ubuntu as there is nothing in the Ubuntu 
>> repository they can use. Grisbi is on the list, but is only for personal 
>> finance. Open source accounting software, Debian based, is available. ( 
>> Quasar, being one example ) I see people trying to install this on 
>> Ubuntu and the problems they are experiencing from the Ubuntu/Quasar 
>> blog. I am at a complete loss to understand why this very large and 
>> important segment of the market that Ubuntu could easily exploit to 
>> promote the OS is being totally ignored. People like myself are forced 
>> to use Suse or Linspire to get this type of software as a simple 
>> download/install.
>>
>> Please have someone in your organisation explore this area of software 
>> which would lead to a huge increase in the number of Ubuntu devotees.
>>
> 
> I presume the reason that Quasar isn't in the Ubuntu repositories, is 
> due to licensing. I can't find it in the Debian repos either.
> 
> Accounting software is one of those black holes in the free software 
> world, all the worse for being essential to many, and is additionally 
> complicated by the need for localized variations, due to differences in 
> tax regimes etc. As such, it's really something that Canonical/Ubuntu 
> should take a leadership role in.
> 
> Not sure this list is the place to discuss this; I'm cc'ing the 
> developers list about this.
> 
> And we should ask SABDFL what he uses ;)
> 
> John
> 

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