Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Recent poor publicity - response?
Dominik Wagenfuehr schrieb: We have even need to post a clarification on ubuntuusers.de because some users thought that the Ubuntu servers with the Ubuntu packages were hacked. So a statement would be good... There has been an update on Linux Today [1] from Gerry Carr with an official (?) statement. At least this is a little bit from Canonical. Now I hope the concerned communities will be also have something available the next days. :) Greetings, Dominik [1] http://www.linuxtoday.com/security/2007081603526NWDBSV -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
[ubuntu-marketing] Recent poor publicity - response?
Hi all, (Jono and Matthew cc:ed) A thread on the -uk list has highlighted the recent poor publicity that Ubuntu has had as a result of the recent problems with the local community run servers, in particular on slashdot (http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/08/15/1341224.shtml). Does the marketing team have any ideas about a possible way to respond to this publicity? The recent article in the UWN includes one sentence which attempts to do that, but it's not a very comprehensive response. One idea might be to post an article on the Fridge with an honest explanation and detail of what was done to solve the problem, and (if applicable) how it could have been avoided with regular security updates, as freely provided by the Ubuntu team. See for example: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=270335cid=20236563 http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=270335cid=20236611 What do people think? Can bad publicity can be turned into good publicity? -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Recent poor publicity - response?
This is a good point I've seen it on digg, and even on Planet Ubuntu Users? In every case it's been very negative. Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/16/2007 09:28 AM To Ubuntu Marketing ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com cc Subject [ubuntu-marketing] Recent poor publicity - response? Hi all, (Jono and Matthew cc:ed) A thread on the -uk list has highlighted the recent poor publicity that Ubuntu has had as a result of the recent problems with the local community run servers, in particular on slashdot (http://it.slashdot.org/it/07/08/15/1341224.shtml). Does the marketing team have any ideas about a possible way to respond to this publicity? The recent article in the UWN includes one sentence which attempts to do that, but it's not a very comprehensive response. One idea might be to post an article on the Fridge with an honest explanation and detail of what was done to solve the problem, and (if applicable) how it could have been avoided with regular security updates, as freely provided by the Ubuntu team. See for example: http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=270335cid=20236563 http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=270335cid=20236611 What do people think? Can bad publicity can be turned into good publicity? -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Recent poor publicity - response?
On 8/16/07, Martin Albisetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/16/07, Matthew East [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do people think? Can bad publicity can be turned into good publicity? I personally believe that a nice article (the fridge sounds right) with what will be done to prevent this in the future would suffice. Security breaches happen everywhere, so I don't really think anyone is seriously concerned, so as long as we show that it's taken seriously and professionally, it should fade away by itself. Having read through the slashdot and digg threads, I think it went pretty well in comparison to other similar horror stories :D Also adding it in the UWN sounds like a good idea, but not so much for the publicity, but so the community at large is informed. I'm a member of the LoCo Hosting Admin team. I'm going to write up something that tries to explain what happened and what is being done. While many of the LoCo contacts have been notified about their future hosting options, the rest of the community is in the dark. I'll put it in the UWN and hopefully we can get it on the fridge. nick -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
