Re: New York Times advertisement for Ubuntu

["Tom Haskins-Vaughan" <user=1517@nabble.blu.org>]

 I may have got the completely wrong end of the stick here, but would you 
not be better off doing an ad for Linux rather than just Ubuntu? 

Martin Owens wrote: 
>> I'm not sure I feel the same about donating for an Ubuntu advertisement 
>> as I would towards Mozilla. Unlike Mozilla, Ubuntu has both a wealthy 
>> benefactor and a fairly well visible support corporation, either of 
>> which could take the lead in doing their own marketing. 
> 
> Do you honestly think they're going to do any marketing at the moment? 
> No, as rich as Mark may be he doesn't seem willing at the moment to go 
> into any marketing in the USA; perhaps he's working some marketing in 
> the UK or Euro zone I don't know, but if the community wants adverts 
> then the community can stop living the dream that money falls from 
> generous pockets to pay large bills. 
> 
>> Remember how Debian ran into problems when money came into play with 
>> some developers getting paid to work on Debian, which ticked off the 
>> volunteers. While I don't think twice about Ubuntu's corporate backing 
>> when it comes to contributing to the code, I would hesitate before 
>> contributing cash to a far more indirect benefit, like marketing. 
> 
> The Debian problem was not money as such, it was that funds were 
> directed to people who normally volunteered by individual people. The 
> community had no say over the matter and could not deliberate on any 
> of the issues. 
> 
> In my group at least we have money sitting in a pot waiting to be 
> spent on LoCo activities that can push Ubuntu in our state or in a 
> country wide effort. I've not had anybody moaning about how we spend 
> the money since people can come to meetings where we'd vote on such 
> issues. 
> 
>> I sent the message to the ubuntu-marketing list, so they were the 
>> intended recipients... 
> 
> Good idea, let them know just incase they want to co-ordinate. 
> 
> Best Regards, Martin Owens 
>