I think it'd be the marketing team that is responsible for promoting ubuntu as a whole, but the responsibility also falls on the LoCo teams, so in this case Ubuntu-UK would be part of this. 165 Million australian dollars is a truckload of money, and I don't know where the Ubuntu community would get such money to promote the software...
Maybe Mark's good for it, I don't know... On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 6:40 AM, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That is what I was thinking as well. The questions then become > "Can we get Canonical involved in this?" > "How do we approach them on this?" > "How can the marketing team help?" > > Or alternatively, can those willing to pursue this get the necessary > commitment from Canonical or whoever to provide the support - technical > - we need? And do we need to be some "corporate" entity to do this or do > we have access to some entity willing to be the front for this? > > On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 12:05 -0700, Paul Bartell wrote: > > I think canonical would need to make such a commitment. What Becta > > wants is support, and someone to blame if something goes wrong. They > > want it to just work. They also want an easy to use server > > administration interface, which for the most part doesnt exist. if > > Canonical would hire someone to work on such a thing, it would > > probably make it possible for them to also pitch a solution to Becta. > > > > from the article, it looks like they might already be in talks. > > > > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 11:28 AM, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >> Excellent! Now get it going in the land down under > > >> > > > Another one sent from the wrong email address > > > > > > > > > Matthew, > > > > > > Ubuntu has an excellent OPPORTUNIY, yes, but unless WE take some action > > > to actually submit a "solution" to Becta, we've accomplished nothing. I > > > would like to know, as a newbie, who is responsible for doing this sort > > > of thing? the marketing team? And how do I get in touch with them, > > > because I'f like to help with this. > > > > > > Getting a piece of this contract - 80M English pounds - would put a > > > serious dent in Microsoft's marketing share and position Ubuntu to give > > > BigBlue some serious competition in other parts of the world - > including > > > Australia and even the US. > > > > > > Steps like this is how we fix Bug #1!!!! > > > > > > Peace! > > > > > > John Botscharow > > > http://jbotscharow.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > > > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com > > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > -- Matthew Rossi I am for Macs, and the open source scene, are you? The Penguin Central Podcast - http://penguincentral.unixpod.com Everything you can imagine is real. Pablo Picasso Spanish Cubist painter (1881 - 1973) http://counter.li.org/cgi-bin/certificate.cgi/455532
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