<div dir="ltr">Slightly off topic, but why not a guerilla marketting campaign????<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 February 2010 12:38, etali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:etali@myth-games.com">etali@myth-games.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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From: "Johnathon Tinsley" <<a href="mailto:kirrus@kirrus.co.uk">kirrus@kirrus.co.uk</a>><br>
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> Before we try to get new users into Ubuntu, shouldn't we try to retain<br>
> the people flicking in and out of Ubuntu now?<br>
><br>
> There was discussion about supporting new users, with remote techy<br>
> support. Can we catch those who post "This is too hard, I'm going back<br>
> to windows" and try to retain more of them with a high-quality community<br>
> support mechanism?<br>
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I agree.<br>
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I think the people who try Ubuntu (or Linux in general), have problems with<br>
it, and then rant about it to their friends have a lot of power in terms of<br>
persuading people to avoid Ubuntu.<br>
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Advertising to new people will only work if a)those people haven't already<br>
heard bad things, and b)we can keep those people as users once they decide<br>
to download + install it.<br>
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Lesley Harrison<br>
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</font></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Regards<br><br>Javad<br><br>
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