On 8 December 2010 01:58, yitzchak schwarz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ubuntu's priorities seem to be simplicity, consistency, originality, and > beauty. Customisability doesn't seem to be a priority. I also find it unwise > to advertise based on stuff that will be gone in the next release. We should > focus on Unity, not GNOME Panel. Other things we should think of are > Canonical's "cash cows" - The app store, the music store, and synch service. > The integration of these things by default is also a selling feature. We > should try to stay away from normal Linux promotion ideas and instead focus > on what Ubuntu is, what it aims to be, and who is the subsequent target > audience. IMO that's non-gamer home users right now who don't know and don't > want to know anything about computers beyond the minimum steps necessary to > get stuff done, and have no patience for anything that can be seen as an > extra step between turning on their computer and completing the intended > task. > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Archibald Platypus > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> If Ubuntu was looking to do some real video advertising, I have a >> wonderful idea for a global market. The theme simply has to be freedom. >> No words really have to be necessary, just print words will do, and can >> be stylized to include the same statements (or whatever!) in all >> languages. No humans. Just people using their desktops. With free and >> open source software, you can be free, and people who use Ubuntu have >> control over their computer: Each and every desktop will look completely >> different, feel completely different, be organized for completely >> different tasks, and carry on said tasks in completely different ways. >> With Ubuntu, you can truly be unique. If we did a call out to Ubuntu >> users to send us screen-casts of their own desktops in use, and specify >> a resolution for submission, we could easily generate enough visual >> content to express this freedom. I also have music I would like to >> submit for the background. >> >> Anyone else seeing this? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-advertising> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-advertising> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-advertising> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-advertising> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > yitzchak: Completely agreed!. We're looking at users who are not advanced; they want Facebook and eBay; they want to listen to their music and watch their videos. And yes, the older GNOME system, whilst I believe will be available as a fail-safe, will not be the main interface; Unity will be. As Unity's UI is not expected to stablilze until far too late in the cycle for us to work with, we are facing a difficult decision; It looks like we may have to do a Ubuntu ad, without Ubuntu in it. (or at least, not very visible) We don't want to create an ad without the correct interface, after all... -- -Danté Ashton Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici Sent from Ubuntu
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