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Idea #18138: canonical needs advertisement

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #222: Start an Ubuntu Advertising Campaign.
Written by slsolaris the 19 Feb 09 at 15:50. Category: Others. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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this morning i receive an email from Microsoft, and they were talking about the new version of Windows: Windows 7, about tips and trick for windows vista, and the new version of office, Ooh and videos about the new operating Microsoft system: Windows 7.
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Solution #1: Canonical should send us emails, which we can resend to ur friend
Written by slsolaris the 19 Feb 09 at 15:50.
canonical should send emails about the new coming version of ubuntu to its users, videos and more, so we can resend them to our friends and they will know about ubuntu, so new many people will use this operating system.

Now i here your comments.
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Solution #2: Ubuntu propaganda page
Written by fixor the 21 Feb 09 at 11:28.
Create a propaganda webpage where people can see and learn what Ubuntu is. Show all the great features and explain what distinguishes Ubuntu from other operating systems. Screenshots, short videos and some compelling arguments why they wanna try Ubuntu.

This way you can direct friends and anyone interested to this page and you don't force commercials on those who don't want to see them.



The best place for this would be somewhere on the official ubuntu page http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17265 .

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tgm4883 wrote on the 19 Feb 09 at 16:09
You want canonical to start spamming users? I'm not sure thats such a great idea. There are already places to find videos of the newest releases, perhaps you should show your friends those.

maple03 wrote on the 19 Feb 09 at 17:24
It is a really bad idea.

jeypeyy wrote on the 19 Feb 09 at 19:56
Canonical would get a real bad reputation if they started spamming people.

chs42 wrote on the 19 Feb 09 at 20:07
Instead of sending spam, they should rather improve the spam filters included in evolution/kmail.

chs42 wrote on the 19 Feb 09 at 20:08
you can subscribe to the ubuntu-announce mailinglist if you want to get email like that: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

MarcioVinicius wrote on the 19 Feb 09 at 21:37
This is a joke, right?


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