<div>Do you know what, Matthew - I don't think I could disagree more. Some well-placed videos on youtube have the potential to introduce lots of people to a non-Windows alternative. We should be exploiting *any and all* channels to get the message across that Ubuntu and open source offer a credible alternative to Mr Gates' products </div> <div> </div> <div>Pete  </div> <div>On 23/08/07, Matthew Larsen <<a href="mailto:mat.larsen@gmail.com">mat.larsen@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Hey all, been a while IMO I think the idea of viral videos is a waste of time. When have they ever worked? I personally think its just a buzz-word and a marketing experiment gone crazy. We need to stop trying to 'trick' people in to moving to Linux. We need to show people the benefits and the facts, none of this bulls**t lifestyle 'join the crowd' bollocks that floats around too much. People make up their own minds to switch, its just about raising awareness, crushing the myths and informing people. IMO that's what will REALLY get people to switch en masse I think using live demonstrations is a fantastic idea. People get to see what happens, ask questions and immediatly get shown how to do it. This could even be extended to using pre-recorded demo's for common tasks etc. On another note hope everyone is having a good summer! Regards, On 23/08/07, alan c <<a href="mailto:aeclist@candt.waitrose.com">aeclist@candt.waitrose.com</a>> wrote: > Jim Kissel wrote: > > > > Ian Pascoe wrote: > >> > >> PS  Is everyone on holiday this week as the list seems awful quiet? > >> > > Only all of Europe, or so it seems.  Not only are the mailing lists I > > subscribe to quite, there is not much news either or so it seems to me. > > now is the time then to field the type of story about > 'Man bites Windows!' > :-) > -- > 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> > -- Matthew G Larsen   > <a href="mailto:mat.larsen@gmail.com">mat.larsen@gmail.com</a>   > <a href="mailto:matthew.larsen@logicacmg.com"> matthew.larsen@logicacmg.com</a> -- <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>