I like what that way of thinking. "There is nothing wrong with your computer." May prove to be a fantastic starting idea for the ads.
2010/12/7 christopher winter <[email protected]> > I have a very similar story (grandparents and brother), it seems logical > to run adverts like these little stories about the "average joe" thinking a > new computer would make their computing life better when in reality a simple > switch to ubuntu could make the computer feel as if it runs like new. > > My grandparents are keen photographers so I even showed them how to sync > files between the main ubuntu computer, the little windows laptop and a mac > (without dropbox although that program works on all platforms). They won't > be switching to the gimp any time soon but they love how they can organise > and display their photos on the main computer using F-spot the equivalent to > their much used iPhoto. > > > Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 20:25:32 +0000 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-advertising] Target audience - was Global-isation > > > > > Yes that certainly rings a bell. A dual booting friend of mine has a > > neighbour with a very slow vista PC. After talking, she wanted to try > > a ubuntu dual boot, and it has worked well, much faster. Now she still > > uses Windows but not very much. She is a grandparent, and her family > > and extended family also wanted to see it and want to try it too. At > > least in principle, try it ..... Trouble is, family life is pretty > > full and 'change' is necessarily time consuming. However, at least > > more people know of ubuntu and that it works! > > -- > > alan cocks > > Ubuntu user > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-advertising > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Lisandro H. Vaccaro
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