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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Simon Waters wrote: > One marketing comment from the Exwick Comm Centre chairman troubled me. > > He commented Ubuntu didn't need marketing because it is free. > > Of course it is competing with Microsoft who allegedly recently spent so > much on marketing one product they lost money on it because of the > marketing spend alone. But I don't think most folks realise just how big > their marketing effort is (and needs to be). > > Windows XP marketing budget $500 million for the launch. > > Do the maths - they are likely spending more on marketing than > development - makes it look like a ponzi scheme almost. > While Microsoft rely on events etc to show case their new software we have each other, armed with a laptop + install of ubuntu, i bet we can reach more people in a few hours between all of us we can not only show people ubuntu, but also let them play, and use it for a few minutes, ask questions and most importantly of all take a cd away with them. We can also show them they have choices, on distribution etc, desktopm etc etc. We may not be able to match what Microsoft do with all the glitz and glossy stuff, but if everyone put up 1 poster, we would certainly get the message out there, Don't see many MS posters in the local newsagent or in cafes, I rekon we can really spread the word on FLOSS. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet : March 7th : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmR23MACgkQaggq1k2FJq2XZwCePYA8o/km//2e13B+8RL/6m8C w5wAn3LYRHR6l/lXLpSIFAXk2V+FGi4P =CIro -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html