[ubuntu-marketing] Dell and the Linux promise

2007-03-01 Thread alan c
For some days now there has been an avalanche of requests for linux including Ubuntu, on Dell machines, on the new site http://www.dellideastorm.com/ in which Dell has asked for comments about its products and services. The overwhelming requests have been for linux, including Ubuntu. The Dell

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Dell and the Linux promise

2007-03-01 Thread Fabian Rodriguez
alan c wrote: For some days now there has been an avalanche of requests for linux including Ubuntu, on Dell machines, [...] But why do I not see a Ubuntu comment in addition to Novell? And why is it only corporate products? Eric S Raymond provides some insight in his World Domination

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] UWN Status?

2007-03-01 Thread Martin Albisetti
Matt: It seems Cody is on leave, Jenda is gone til mid March, and Corey doesn't seem to have too much time to spare. That leaves the UWN floating around. I'd be more then happy to help get it out until some of the regulars come back, but I don't have the authority to do it. In an effort to get

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Dell and the Linux promise

2007-03-01 Thread alan c
Fabian Rodriguez wrote: alan c wrote: For some days now there has been an avalanche of requests for linux including Ubuntu, on Dell machines, [...] But why do I not see a Ubuntu comment in addition to Novell? And why is it only corporate products? Eric S Raymond provides some insight

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-01 Thread Corey Burger
On 3/1/07, Jono Bacon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I was involved in some discussions yesterday about coming up with some ideas of how to mark the Feisty release in a unique and interesting way. The idea is that the community could do something interesting, attention grabbing and

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-01 Thread Richard Houston
On 3/1/07, Jono Bacon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I was involved in some discussions yesterday about coming up with some ideas of how to mark the Feisty release in a unique and interesting way. The idea is that the community could do something interesting, attention grabbing and

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Replace the UWN with something a little more Social?

2007-03-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 12:26 -0700, Aaron Toponce wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Corey Burger wrote: We already have the fridge, so here is a possible idea: Break up the UWN into discrete bits Each bit would be like loco news, last weeks packages, etc. Each

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Replace the UWN with something a little more Social?

2007-03-01 Thread Adam
Hey Adam, in the french translation team, we had been talking about getting some additional news in translated UWN. News could be related to events in french-speaking countries for example. We never got to see if it was OK with UWN team, as UWN#30 got held back for a long time. So,

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Replace the UWN with something a little more Social?

2007-03-01 Thread Adam
Yes, but it is pretty easy to get. Coincidentally, the Fridge mailing list was having a discussion about how to revive/kickstart the fridge. As for translations, I propose we do the following: install a new drupal install, localized, at fr.fridge.ubuntu.com or es.fridge.ubuntu.com. translate

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Replace the UWN with something a little more Social?

2007-03-01 Thread Matthew East
Hi, On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 12:09 -0800, Corey Burger wrote: On 3/1/07, Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no reason that the fridge cannot become this. There is absolutely no reason to create yet another resource. Corey Well then, perhaps we should focus our resources on

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Marking the Feisty release

2007-03-01 Thread Anthony Yarusso
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jono Bacon wrote: Hi all, I was involved in some discussions yesterday about coming up with some ideas of how to mark the Feisty release in a unique and interesting way. The idea is that the community could do something interesting, attention

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Replace the UWN with something a little more Social?

2007-03-01 Thread Lionel Porcheron
Hi all, On jeu, 2007-03-01 at 20:47 +, Matthew East wrote: However, not all news items are interesting for the Fridge's userbase. The vast majority of the UWN is useful for people working *within* the Ubuntu community to keep in touch with other aspects of the community. As the community