Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

Hi All, I think from the discussion it can be said that there is some interest in this. Lots of very good points have been highlighted and there's clearly scope for a lot more discussion. So my question now becomes, how do we go about developing this idea? I've taken a quick look at some of the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

On 14/02/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Not strictly true. Try phoning them up rather than ordering them online. I > > know people who have ordered computers > > from Dell with no OS just by phoning and asking. > > Really? I am surprised. There have been two detailed reports in recent >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

SteVe Cook wrote: > alan c wrote: >> Alan Pope wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:14:57AM +, alan c wrote: Have you seen how absolutely difficult it is to get a PC *without* windows? For example, I believe that all of the Dell soho range are now offering vista. Only. >>

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 18:23 +, alan c wrote: > Really? I am surprised. Try buying a Dell computer over the phone. They will do almost anything to get your business. If you can be bothered to keep putting up with their calls you can get quite good deals. It's no different than the comparison be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

alan c wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:14:57AM +, alan c wrote: >>> Have you seen how absolutely difficult it is to get a PC *without* >>> windows? >>> For example, I believe that all of the Dell soho range are now >>> offering vista. Only. >>> >> Not strictly true. Tr

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

Alan Pope wrote: > On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:14:57AM +, alan c wrote: >> Have you seen how absolutely difficult it is to get a PC *without* >> windows? >> For example, I believe that all of the Dell soho range are now >> offering vista. Only. >> > > Not strictly true. Try phoning them up r

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:14:57AM +, alan c wrote: > Have you seen how absolutely difficult it is to get a PC *without* > windows? > For example, I believe that all of the Dell soho range are now > offering vista. Only. > Not strictly true. Try phoning them up rather than ordering them onl

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

Stephen Morrish wrote: > > > On 2/13/07, *Philip Wyett* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > On 12/02/07, *James Tait* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > Robin Menneer wrote: > > You also need to carefully define your ta

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:48:31 -, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing that does erk me sometimes is people who push the thousands of > apps > in the repositories when most normal folks only use a small core of > applications. A real > annoyance is when people fire up synapt

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu

> > Unfortunately Ubuntu isn't going to be promoted by high profile > advertising anytime soon, so we are going to have to fall back on word > of mouth, stickers, and so on. > to be honest if the whole word of mouth and such things worked then we wouldn't have a problem right now. For example y

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu

>> I like the idea of raising awareness. Most people are nowadays geared >> to expect advertising, mostly high profile advertising. If a product >> is not advertised, it does NOT exist. >> >> I think that a good start is to use as many Ubuntu bumper stickers as >> we can. Simple, quick, mass advert

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

On 2/13/07, Stephen Morrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2/13/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James Tait wrote: > > Hi all, > > > >> We have to ask ourselves why we use Linux over other OS's and > >> why ubuntu over other distro's. I think you will find many different > >> answers.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

On 2/13/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: James Tait wrote: > Hi all, > >> We have to ask ourselves why we use Linux over other OS's and >> why ubuntu over other distro's. I think you will find many different >> answers. > > I don't mean to hijack this thread, but this has hit upon something

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

On 2/13/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 12/02/07, James Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robin Menneer wrote: > > You also need to carefully define your target eg the huge population > of > > semi-bored computer-illiterates might be more productive than > > experienced-with-wind

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

James Tait wrote: > Hi all, > >> We have to ask ourselves why we use Linux over other OS's and >> why ubuntu over other distro's. I think you will find many different >> answers. > > I don't mean to hijack this thread, but this has hit upon something > that's been bubbling up in my brain and I th

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

On 12/02/07, James Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Robin Menneer wrote: > You also need to carefully define your target eg the huge population of > semi-bored computer-illiterates might be more productive than > experienced-with-windows men-in-the-street ? You may very well be right. I think e

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

Robin Menneer wrote: > You also need to carefully define your target eg the huge population of > semi-bored computer-illiterates might be more productive than > experienced-with-windows men-in-the-street ? You may very well be right. I think especially with people who are not already seasoned/re

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

On 2/12/07, James Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, > We have to ask ourselves why we use Linux over other OS's and > why ubuntu over other distro's. I think you will find many different > answers. I don't mean to hijack this thread, but this has hit upon something that's been bubbling u

[ubuntu-uk] Awareness-Raising Campaign Idea (was Ubuntu CNR deal)

Hi all, > We have to ask ourselves why we use Linux over other OS's and > why ubuntu over other distro's. I think you will find many different > answers. I don't mean to hijack this thread, but this has hit upon something that's been bubbling up in my brain and I think it's appropriate to share i