-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi All,
Before I click send this time - I sent this earlier, but it appears to have fallen off the internet. Sorry if it appears if this turns into a bit of a rant, however the thoughts have been fermenting for a while. The name of this list is "ubuntu-marketing". I use an operating system based on a polished GNOME desktop, it is called Ubuntu. I use a server version of Ubuntu on a couple of machines also. I use Xubuntu on one box, which I am soon to gift to a friend, it beats the P2 running some non *ubuntu he has. Enough about me. There is a community it is the Ubuntu community, it does stuff, mostly there is this software we all use. The idea of using other words to support this seems "not right". It could be called identity dilution. You dilute things to make them less strong. Frankly, and maybe I am missing something here but it seems to me that some of the great ideas here seem to miss the mission. The mission is to promote Ubuntu, we do this by firing up people to evangelise what? (For those who don't get this straight away, the $ symbol here is to indicate that there is a value like X in algebra. I am alluding to the fact that $word could be any word, but maybe it should have a particular value.) So we promote $word, where values of the $word is anything but Ubuntu. I really don't see the value in that. We have a core word - "Ubuntu" Then we have shown that there is more value in saying Kubuntu after all the KDE people put a k in front of everything. ;-) Following from that Edubuntu and Xubuntu, and even nUbuntu all point particular directions. Currently I believe there is a project that is reaching a climax to create a "Ubuntu-libre" or as some have called it "GNUbuntu" where gnu is not ubuntu (Attrib Brian Brazil ;-)). Why should a magazine, a project or anything associated with the Ubuntu project either in spirit or other things that promote this carry $word as not being at least part Ubuntu. Ubuntu Virtual Paper, never call it by its initials, that becomes Ultra Violet Products to name something that came from google, now there is a strong brand, google. Let me give you a few other strong brand or product names, so you can see what I mean. OpenOffice, MySQL, Apache, and so on, Linux, IBM, Sun, Java. Call the Java news paper "beans" for you and yes, it is an excellent pun, but is it right. If you get close to the java space it might say to you "Enterprise", where as it could be a user group thing, I don't know if it exists or not, did not bother to "google" it directly. So please people consider what the end objective is. When seen from afar people should see that "Ubuntu" is a software way for running your computer. So to hammer my point with a very big blunt hammer ask yourself this is the mission to: a) Create confusion in the minds of your victims. b) Create clarity in the minds of your readers. Again sorry if it is a bit rough around the edges, but I think there are a series of mistakes where the difference between the wood and trees is not been seen. Regards, Paul O'Malley ## note I added 1 word to the main text several hours after the first one was sent -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEygOaoWm0gT2CRXkRAtP8AJ94go5Aqx1+RK5ab6cITdgs+gBsegCdFnCw YCA92sf7B8FnKcYUxDZcYIM= =Nv41 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
