On 17/01/10 12:37, alan c wrote: > Tony Pursell wrote: > >> Conversion is a marketing job. >> > +1 > > Surely by educating users we will help stem a lot of the negative press and the uneducated retail staff problem though? >> Training can only >> be aimed at people who are already converts, or who are the rare few >> who cannot have MS Windows. >> >> If we are to get past 'gatekeepers' who are died in the wool MS users, >> then we will need a really cast iron reason to teach Ubuntu to people. >> > A good reason would be a lot of end users asking for training. > Where will the attendees come from? > > This is why I'd love to run a big event. If I could I'd stick a bit in the local rag about it (I'd happily pay a little bit for the ad) and so on. I would be aiming it at the general populace, hopefully pulling in some of the users we never see. If we can get some retail staff in too then a little might go a long way. You never know.
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