<div>On 2/13/07, alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 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 think it's appropriate to > share it with the rest of the list. > > I have a vision of an awareness-raising advertising campaign based > around why 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 advertising. The important reasons 'why Ubuntu?' will be of interest in stage two, when we have peoples attention. -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk"> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div> Bumper stickers.... Yep, got one. Thing is it came with the disk's from Canonical, but they are made of paper and have now become water logged... I haven't wash my car for a month in fear of it washing off LOL -- Regards Steve Morrish... AKA Pendragon ICQ 112 044 096