[ubuntu-marketing] Targeting locally impacting widely

2007-07-24 Thread Chris Rowson
Hi folks, My fellow loco's and I over at Ubuntu UK have been trying to establish whether or not it's worth trying to market Ubuntu via local magazines/publications etc which take contributions from the 'community'. I'd just like to share the first article that we've knocked together with you all:

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Targeting locally impacting widely

2007-07-24 Thread Chris Rowson
> I think that this is quite a good draft. However, I think it is > important (as Debian does in their "why you should switch" page) to note > some disadvantages as well. Ubuntu doesn't work wonders, and is better > at some tasks than others. One task which is popular is DirectX-based > gaming, whi

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Targeting locally impacting widely

2007-07-24 Thread Chris Rowson
> Yes, well that may be just because that other software has too many > flaws to list ;) > > More seriously, I do still feel that in persuading others to switch, > they need to know what to expect. Leaving the bitter aftertaste of > disappointment is not what we want to do, if Ubuntu didn't do some

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Targeting locally impacting widely

2007-07-24 Thread alan c
Chris Rowson wrote: >> I think that this is quite a good draft. However, I think it is >> important (as Debian does in their "why you should switch" page) to note >> some disadvantages as well. I do not go along with (that quoted comment) at all. This is a *Marketing* list! We should be bringing

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Targeting locally impacting widely

2007-07-25 Thread Mike Feravolo
Good Day People: After reading over the "ArticleForLocalMagazine" wiki page, I thought I would add a couple of comments from the "New England" point of view. [Even though it's been a while since I went to school there.] Free Software is free because of freedom not price, the GNU project cover thi