Hi ist great idea , in Poland we had on colage "Open source day " or "Linux Sesions" but still is not popular to the other pepole , mamby action like this will be futture of that kind of promotion .
regradrs 2008/11/4 Jason Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > There's an Ubuntu Brainstorm idea that suggests that we declare an > unofficial Ubuntu Day where we go to populated places to help spread > the knowledge of Ubuntu. > > http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/15215/ > > Here's the description according to the author of the idea. > > ----------------------------- > Description > I think the best form of marketing is demonstration. There's a reason > why people used to sell door-to-door, and there's a reason you can > test drive your new car at the show room. No matter how much people > read about a product, nothing beats actually seeing it in action. > > That's why I propose a world-wide Ubuntu day 2009. I've not really > given a huge amount of thought (and maybe someone else has said it > already?), but I see something akin to this: > > Volunteers could converge on shopping malls, train-stations, town > squares etc. with laptops and show the passers by what Ubuntu can do. > Dress in T-Shirts, give out stickers, fliers, even CDs... let people > mess around with the computers, show them the basics, explain the > cost/security/social benefits. You could even have a Dell (or other > vendor) sales rep on hand in big cities to take orders from the > converts, or alternatively have old PCs around to show that you don't > need to invest in a super computer to enjoy modern computing. (well, I > guess it's one or the other - vendors aren't going to like having old > PCs around to dissuade people from buying a new one) > > At the end of the day, visibility is the key - and showing Ubuntu in a > public space like a shopping mall is about as visible as it gets. I > think there are enough willing volunteers in the world to get Ubuntu > day going in major cities around the world. > > OK, I know, it's a long post. Forgive me! But I really believe that > most people aren't opposed to change. It's just that most people > aren't really aware that there's a choice. Walk into any computer > store and you're presented with two options: Windows or OSX. That's > it. I've never seen Linux doing its stuff in public, at least not > where I live. > > Granted, it's would be a logistical nightmare, but I really think it's > a great way to get a great message across to a great many people. How > about sometime around April 2009 - to coincide with the holidays and > the next release? > ----------------------------- > > Vote, Share, Comment! > > > -- > Jason > Mobile: 727.656.2589 > Home: 727.442.5736 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
