Do you know what, Matthew - I don't think I could disagree more. Some well-placed videos on youtube have the potential to introduce lots of people to a non-Windows alternative. We should be exploiting *any and all* channels to get the message across that Ubuntu and open source offer a credible alternative to Mr Gates' products
Pete On 23/08/07, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey all, been a while > > IMO I think the idea of viral videos is a waste of time. When have > they ever worked? I personally think its just a buzz-word and a > marketing experiment gone crazy. We need to stop trying to 'trick' > people in to moving to Linux. We need to show people the benefits and > the facts, none of this bulls**t lifestyle 'join the crowd' bollocks > that floats around too much. People make up their own minds to switch, > its just about raising awareness, crushing the myths and informing > people. IMO that's what will REALLY get people to switch en masse > > I think using live demonstrations is a fantastic idea. People get to > see what happens, ask questions and immediatly get shown how to do it. > This could even be extended to using pre-recorded demo's for common > tasks etc. > > On another note hope everyone is having a good summer! > > Regards, > > On 23/08/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim Kissel wrote: > > > > > > Ian Pascoe wrote: > > >> > > >> PS Is everyone on holiday this week as the list seems awful quiet? > > >> > > > Only all of Europe, or so it seems. Not only are the mailing lists I > > > subscribe to quite, there is not much news either or so it seems to > me. > > > > now is the time then to field the type of story about > > 'Man bites Windows!' > > :-) > > -- > > alan cocks > > Kubuntu user#10391 > > > > -- > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > > > -- > Matthew G Larsen > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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