On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:48 +0000 Josh Blacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > As you may or may not be aware, XP will no longer be sold quite soon - > you won't be able to buy an XP computer after June, and retail copies > won't be sold after next January [1], meaning Vista is the 'only' > choice for new computers. > > This is, I think, something we should try and capitalise on, since > there has been something of a reaction to Vista that's not quite a > backlash but certainly apprehension, with negative perceptions in the > public eye. > > I can think of a few suggestions first of all: > > - web banners, along the lines of Philip Newborough's excellent > existing ones [2], but with captions like 'Who'd choose Vista? You > don't have to. [Ubuntu logo, linking to www.ubuntu.com]'. (Not the > best copy ever, but it makes the point.) > > - Local newspaper articles. I remember discussion last year on the > list about articles, and I think this would be an apt (hah! ahem.) > time to think about this again. > > - Writing to relevant MPs, councillors, and so on - people who are in > a position to influence decision making where public sector corporate > IT infrastructure is involved, who will at some point have to > 'replace' those XP boxes, explaining to them the benefits (not least > that they wouldn't actually have to change their hardware to migrate > to Ubuntu!). > > The danger I see here is that we could stray into FUD territory, which > would be slightly ironic and not at all helpful. > > Anyway, I just thought I'd put this out there for the list to think > about. Any feedback/suggestions/discussion would of course be > appreciated. > > All the best, > Josh > > > [1] > http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9070119&pageNumber=1 > [2] http://crunchbang.org/archives/2008/01/25/random-ubuntu-advocacy/ > > This type of stuff really gets on my tits, no offence Josh :) But stop fricking MS bashing, if you don't want to use MS products don't, but there are people out there that do so let em..... MooDoo -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
