Martin Albisetti wrote: > I wanted to propose a new project which I think might be interesting > from a marketing perspective. > > I wrote up a wiki entry and a spec so I wouldn't litter the whole > place with the same info. > > The main idea is having a webpage which shows in "real time" all the > activity Ubuntu has. > The final goal would be to have an API so users can add that to their > webpages and reflect users the tremendous amount of work done every > minute. > A good example of success is the "Firefox Download Counter". > > I'd love some feedback and help. > > Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/UbuntuLive > Spec: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ubuntu-live > > > Martin >
I am a distrowatch http://distrowatch.com/ watcher (!) and I see that its one dimensional distro rank list does not account for look-alike distros. Ubuntu is mostly still at No1. However, a simple grand total of ubuntu, kubuntu, edubuntu, also mint, ubuntu-CE, pioneer, etc etc etc with other near clones of ubuntu would give a more realistic picture of the (hopefully) ubuntu dominance in the market. This concept is useful to help to underpin ubuntu as a brand item making it more visible to those microsoft userers who are thinking of a change. For most people Computers mean 'microsoft'. We could make that 'microsoft, OR *Ubuntu*'. It has a more specific ring than 'Linux'. A similar approach for a download counter would also be really good. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
