*And is there a business plan that involves making money to pay for advertising ?* Allengg
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:50 PM, Martin Božič <[email protected]>wrote: > Mozilla had an ad in NYT in 2004 when they released Firefox 1.0, funded > by donations FF users. I don't know how much did this add to the actual > usage, but in my country there was no ad and we're supposed to be > leading one of the leading countries in Europe (in Slovenia above 50% > users are using FF). I'm still trying to figure how this happened and if > other software could follow the same path. > > The problem with advertising a Linux distribution is that, every 6 > months you get a new release. I think that this would demand an > advertising model that even proprietary software companies would have > difficulties to keep up with. Maybe every LTS could be advertised in > traditional media. The problem is that advertising Ubuntu beyond the > circle of computer power users would in a consumer blowback as it > recently occured with MSI Wind netbooks and the epic fail of a student > with preloaded Ubuntu Dell laptop. > > It's not that Linux is not ready for the desktop, users are not ready > for Linux. And how to make them ready for it is the main question here > and the first step towards good advertising of Linux. > > Martin > > Dne 23.01.2009 (pet) ob 16:42 +0000 je houstonbofh zapisal(a): > > > jaypmcwilliams wrote: > > > > > "How can we begin advertising LINUX on Radio, TV & stores"? Please tell > > > me & I would be happy to help. > > > > The problem is that advertising is expensive. I will spend the money, > > but only to promote my business. If I promote my business, and some of > > my vendors, I can get co-op money. There is no Linux co-op money. What > > we need is a new "open source" project that does advertising. If every > > geek sent in a buck, we could do major national adds. > > > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Club Distro: Confirmed > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed > Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid > Status in Launchpad Translations: Invalid > Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed > Status in Ubuntu: In Progress > Status in "bum" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "casper" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "djplay" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "firefox" source package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in "ubuntu-express" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in The Breezy Badger: Invalid > Status in The Dapper Drake: Invalid > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in "linux" source package in Debian: Confirmed > Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed > Status in Tilix Linux: New > > Bug description: > Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. > This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. > > Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, > restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and > limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, > globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. > > Steps to repeat: > > 1. Visit a local PC store. > > What happens: > 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software > pre-installed. > 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. > > What should happen: > 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like > Ubuntu. > 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and > benefits would be apparent and known by all. > 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. > -- ....how to switch to Linux http://www.bmighty.com/hardware_software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212900166 http://picasaweb.google.com/allenggraham/Mazatlan# -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
