On Sun, 2007-10-28 at 10:07 +0000, Darren Mansell wrote: > I'm thinking now is about the right time to really introduce the > uninitiated to Ubuntu. > > We are at about critical mass where software and hardware companies > can't just ignore Linux so lets take it a step further. > > I think the majority of people will have heard Ubuntu either > subliminally or consciously so I think a TV advert will have a far > greater effect than it may seem. > > Does anyone have any information on how much a TV advert on mainstream > TV would cost? How much it costs to place it at certain times? (e.g. in > the middle of the Gadget Show on five). And how much does it vary > between channels like Bravo / Men&Motors and ITV / Ch4? > > I'm wondering if we could start a donation fund then ask Canonical to > match what we raise or go directly to Mark Shuttleworth or something. > > Think about what we could do with the advert, the talent of the > Open-Source community coming together with ideas and contributions. We > could show Compiz Fusion against Aero. Make a joke about the cost, > something like a fake shopping channel where the orange guy shows off > this fab Operating System and the cost is on the screen as £0.00 and all > hell breaks loose with people ringing in for it etc. and they think the > price must be wrong on the screen. You get the idea. > > What do you think? > I think TV would be a bit expensive (toyed with the idea myself) Maybe a newspaper or radio ad? eg The Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/tools_and_services/services/advertising/
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