tis 2007-08-14 klockan 09:53 +0100 skrev Matthew East: > Hi, > > On 14/08/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My agenda is to encourage success for ubuntu, not pclos. > > I'm sure that's true. > > The responses to your post are quite right however: from a technical > point of view the article you've linked to is pretty inaccurate and > poor quality. > > But to move this thread on, I think it's better to focus on your > position that Ubuntu is losing out on popularity to PCLinuxOS, and be > constructive: do you have any ideas about *how* Ubuntu can address the > position. It's all very well to use the word "marketing" willy-nilly, > but if that isn't backed up with proposals to do something positive, > then it's not very useful. > > Here's one idea to kick off: perhaps writing a constructive response > to articles like this might be helpful, pointing out all the mistakes > (for example, that Ubuntu has also only been around for a few years, > since 2004, that PCLinuxOS / Ubuntu both use apt, that codecs like > those required to play mp3s are automatically installed when required, > hardware support, and highlighting any advantages Ubuntu has, such as > good security responses or whatever).
This seems like a good thing to start with. we already have Aaron Toponce's email which we can flesh out and post. After that we should stop focusing on why Ubuntu is a good choice, and start talking about why Ubuntu is a better, or the best choice. We should start comparing Ubuntu with other distros and OS'. We should put extra effort into marketing Gutsy which got all of these extraordinary features like Compiz-Fusion, APTonCD, and this unified desktop-settings-frontend for Gnome. And we shouldn't forget to mention the very big community-support. Like the fact that when you google on technical topics, you are very likely to find a ubuntu-based HowTo in the en first hits. Martin -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
