Firefox has done the work already in proving Free can be better quality. Leverage existing projects that people can recognize and create a way to associate them with FOSS and Ubuntu.
I would suggest you would probably have better success in doing it as a FOSS based initiative that a specifically Ubuntu related one. -Matthew Lye You can do anything you set your mind to when you have vision, determination, and and endless supply of expendable labor. <No trees were harmed during this transmission. However, a great number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Randall Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly! > > Here are a few groups that come to my mind: > > 1) The *curious progressives*. The ones that crave societal change and are > open to change that benefits all. > 2) The *under-served*. They haven't quite figured out how to make their > computers work for them and just want something simple. > 3) The *angry*. They're absolutely sick of M$ and getting ripped off, > viruses, etc. > 4) The *trend-setters*. They want the leading edge. They want to be way > out front. ("Think Different") > > Cheers, > Randall > Ubuntu Vancouver Buzz Generator. > > On 10-02-07 08:21 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Couldn't agree more Jared, this assumption is one I get really sick of: > "yes, but how CAN it be better if no one wants to fleece me for it?" The > profile of this type is a man; 30something; who "knows computers" (windoze) > because he can use one at work; drives a frequently modded car with hundreds > of expensive extras he doesn't need and who wears last season's designer > everything. He has entrenched small "c" conservative views and would have > defended Vista all the way up to the release of 7. He is emphatically NOT > about early uptake of new tech unless produced by established companies with > a lot of existing market-presence. > I s'pose he's basically the bad parts of both characters in the "i'm a > PC/Mac" ads. > > Is he really the guy we want to reach? He's not going to be an Ubuntu user > until it is SOLD to him in the traditional sense of the word, money and > all. Unless the landscape changes around him and he sees other people > getting more from their machines for less. I was thinking we need to work > out, say five specific types of users we want to aim at and make specific > ads that are tailored for them. Any ideas? > --- On *Sun, 7/2/10, [email protected] > <[email protected]><[email protected]> > * wrote: > > > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]><[email protected]> > Subject: ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 50, Issue 6 > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, 7 February, 2010, 12:00 > > Send ubuntu-marketing mailing list submissions to > > > [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-marketing digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Creating Viral Videos - Who's interested? (jared) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:12:28 -0700 > From: jared <[email protected] <http://mc/[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Creating Viral Videos - Who's > interested? > To: alan c > <[email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > > > Cc: > [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > Message-ID: <1265472748.31645.18.ca...@krypton> > Content-Type: text/plain > > > The problem with some people is that they might think "It's so good it > cannot be free". > > So possibly part of the message may need to be HOW something so good can > be free. Maybe highlight the volunteers around the globe. > > Speaking of globe, it might also be good to highlight that it's not just > the OS that is so good, it's the global movement that users get to be a > part of that's also good. > > Jared > > > > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 18:36 +0000, alan c wrote: > > > > Make a humorous fantasy advert for a computer system, so good it > > cannot be true. > > (But in fact it is true it is Ubuntu!) > > > > -- > > alan cocks > > Ubuntu user > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > [email protected]<http://mc/[email protected]> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > > > End of ubuntu-marketing Digest, Vol 50, Issue 6 > *********************************************** > > > > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > >
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