I guess there are a lot more projects (Probably some similar to this idea) that could do with work/help rather than creating one at the possibility of it not coming into fruition, as raising enough money and getting the advert done correctly would be a pretty big problem in itself, I guess.<br> <br>Suppose something like commercial advertising of Ubuntu is left to the guys who have the money, but that's not to say we should stop campaigning for the the release of lucid, eh?<br><br>Liam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On 1 February 2010 00:35, Alan Pope <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@popey.com">alan@popey.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On 31 January 2010 23:46, Liam Wilson <<a href="mailto:liamwilson93@gmail.com">liamwilson93@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > Yeah, looking at the perspective you've put it at Alan, I guess you're<br> > right.<br> ><br> <br> </div>I'm just a guy with an opinion.<br> <div class="im"><br> > You mentioned spending the time/money on other things, but what like?<br> <br> </div>Whatever takes your fancy, the project has lots of ways for people to<br> contribute:-<br> <br> <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu</a><br> <div class="im"><br> > And If we WERE to create a TV adverrt for Ubuntu, no doubt there is interest<br> > in doing so, do you think it's a bit ambitious trying to aim for the release<br> > of Lucid, or do you think would it be a better option to aim for MM or even<br> > beyond?<br> <br> </div>I personally don't believe there is a need for a TV advert at all<br> right now. I'd rather start from the opposite end and ask what the<br> need of a TV advert is. What goal is to be achieved by putting Ubuntu<br> on the telly?<br> <div class="im"><br> > Personally, I think that Lucid would be a good goal to aim for, as<br> > it's 3 months away, and there's less chance of loss of interest in 3 months<br> > than 6 - but that's just my opinion, obviously, you've had experience<br> > working with projects before, such as the UUPC, and I haven't.<br> ><br> <br> </div>We planned the first episode of UUPC for about 3 months. Ok, not solid<br> work, but discussion started in January '08 and S01E01 was released in<br> April '08. Planning for a podcast is a whole different ball game than<br> planning a TV advert. I have no experience of the latter, but can only<br> speculate on how much work is involved.<br> <br> Note also that the cost and effort to us of putting out a podcast<br> episode of 1 _hour_ length is orders of magnitude _less_ than it costs<br> to put out a 1 _minute_ TV advert. Video is harder than audio. Great,<br> compelling video that meets its goal is even harder.<br> <div class="im"><br> > How would you suggest we start this project then, if we're actually<br> > determined to see it through?<br> ><br> <br> </div>I've probably made it quite clear that I don't see the value of having<br> a TV advert. Take a look at the experience one person had with putting<br> together a radio advert and learn from that.<br> <br> <a href="http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/09/tux-takes-to-airwve.html" target="_blank">http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/09/tux-takes-to-airwve.html</a><br> <a href="http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/10/grand-experiment-linux-ads-on-radio.html" target="_blank">http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/10/grand-experiment-linux-ads-on-radio.html</a><br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> Cheers,<br> Al.<br> <br> --<br> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>