On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 09:35 +, Stuart Bird wrote:
> >>> if only Canonical could work to getting a supplier (e.g.
> Dell) into PC World and the like, it would be easier. I suppose we
> need
> to `create' demand.<<<
>
> I think they already have! I was in, I think it was the Worcester PC
> World
8:37:42 PM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Capitalising on XP's demise
A lot to reply to - will do my best! I'm glad this has sparked interest
and debate. Hopefully my inline replies will make sense...
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 16:17 +, andy wrote:
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A lot to reply to - will do my best! I'm glad this has sparked interest
and debate. Hopefully my inline replies will make sense...
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 16:17 +, andy wrote:
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> Lucy wrote:
> > On 25/03/2008, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w
On 2008-03-25, Paul Mellors wrote:
>> - Writing to relevant MPs, councillors, and so on - people who are in
>> a position to influence decision making where public sector corporate
>> IT infrastructure is involved, who will at some point have to
>> 'replace' those XP boxes, explaining to them the
I read the original post as a suggestion that we should promote Ubuntu by
slagging off Windows Vista too, and had exactly the same thought - that this
is not the right way to move forward.
Sean
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Paul Mellors wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:48 +
> Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
>>
[[bigsnip]]
>>
>> Anyway, I just thought I'd put this out there for the list to think
>> about. Any feedback/suggestions/discussion would of course be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> All
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andy wrote:
| I don't know how far people have got with free CD stand at the counter
| of PC world..
When I was buying a laptop from PC World pre-installed with Vista I
happened to mention to the sales guy that I didn't care what came with
it as I'd
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:44 +, Josh Blacker wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> As you may or may not be aware, XP will no longer be sold quite soon -
> you won't be able to buy an XP computer after June, and retail copies
> won't be sold after next January [1], meaning Vista is the 'only' choice
> for
Sorry, links to the resources!
Wiki page -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKMarketing/
Magazine article -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKMarketing/ArticleForLocalMagazine1
Leaflets -> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKMarketing/Leaflets
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On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:54 +, Paul Mellors wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:48 +
> Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > As you may or may not be aware, XP will no longer be sold quite soon
> -
> > you won't be able to buy an XP computer after June, and re
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Lucy wrote:
> On 25/03/2008, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> This type of stuff really gets on my tits, no offence Josh :) But stop
>> fricking MS bashing, if you don't want to use MS products don't, but
>> there are people out there that
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 25/03/2008, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This type of stuff really gets on my tits, no offence Josh :) But stop
> > fricking MS bashing, if you don't want to use MS products don't, but
> > there are people ou
Paul Mellors wrote:
stop fricking MS bashing,
Ubuntu promoting doesn't automatically mean MS bashing.
I read Josh's email as Ubuntu promotion, no bashing in sight (excluding
the 'tongue in cheek' marketing slogan). If we're entering a phase of
desktop users looking to switch then it is an ide
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:07:14 +
Lucy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 25/03/2008, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This type of stuff really gets on my tits, no offence Josh :) But
> > stop fricking MS bashing, if you don't want to use MS products
> > don't, but there are people out
On 25/03/2008, Paul Mellors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This type of stuff really gets on my tits, no offence Josh :) But stop
> fricking MS bashing, if you don't want to use MS products don't, but
> there are people out there that do so let em.
You make a good point in that we should be c
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:48 +
Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> As you may or may not be aware, XP will no longer be sold quite soon -
> you won't be able to buy an XP computer after June, and retail copies
> won't be sold after next January [1], meaning Vista is the
Hi everyone,
As you may or may not be aware, XP will no longer be sold quite soon -
you won't be able to buy an XP computer after June, and retail copies
won't be sold after next January [1], meaning Vista is the 'only' choice
for new computers.
This is, I think, something we should try and capit
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