On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 15:27 +0100, Paul Jones wrote: > Mel, I don’t know the answer to that, I assume yes its given out to > the masses at these events but lets be realistic, who goes to a Linux > event? Average everyday users? I kind of doubt it and I've never seen > these CD's being given out publicly in random places.
You obviously weren't in Hereford for Software Freedom Day then! We handed out nearly 100 Ubuntu/Kubuntu CDs and a similar number of a custom "open disc" that had both Linux and Windows software on it to complete strangers who ranged from school teachers to retired engineers. We had a hugely positive response to it and Herefordshire has at least a dozen new Linux users as a result - any success rate greater than 5% is usually considered amazing in marketing! :) Cheers, M. -- Matthew Macdonald-Wallace [email protected] http://www.threedrunkensysadsonthe.net/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
