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On 8 December 2010 02:42, Lisandro Vaccaro <lisandro.vaccaro@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> The output of that decision will be forced on us. Let's forget about the
> issue of Unity and plan the Ad normally. If Dash is added before we start
> we'll do it with Unity. If not then we'll have to use the regular gnome
> interface.
>
> 2010/12/7 danteashton@xxxxxxxxx <danteashton@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>>
>> On 8 December 2010 01:58, yitzchak schwarz <s.y.schwarz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Ubuntu's priorities seem to be simplicity, consistency, originality, and
>>> beauty. Customisability doesn't seem to be a priority. I also find it unwise
>>> to advertise based on stuff that will be gone in the next release. We should
>>> focus on Unity, not GNOME Panel. Other things we should think of are
>>> Canonical's "cash cows" - The app store, the music store, and synch service.
>>> The integration of these things by default is also a selling feature. We
>>> should try to stay away from normal Linux promotion ideas and instead focus
>>> on what Ubuntu is, what it aims to be, and who is the subsequent target
>>> audience. IMO that's non-gamer home users right now who don't know and don't
>>> want to know anything about computers beyond the minimum steps necessary to
>>> get stuff done, and have no patience for anything that can be seen as an
>>> extra step between turning on their computer and completing the intended
>>> task.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:33 AM, Archibald Platypus <idi0tf0wl@xxxxxxxxx
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> If Ubuntu was looking to do some real video advertising, I have a
>>>> wonderful idea for a global market. The theme simply has to be freedom.
>>>> No words really have to be necessary, just print words will do, and can
>>>> be stylized to include the same statements (or whatever!) in all
>>>> languages. No humans. Just people using their desktops. With free and
>>>> open source software, you can be free, and people who use Ubuntu have
>>>> control over their computer: Each and every desktop will look completely
>>>> different, feel completely different, be organized for completely
>>>> different tasks, and carry on said tasks in completely different ways.
>>>> With Ubuntu, you can truly be unique. If we did a call out to Ubuntu
>>>> users to send us screen-casts of their own desktops in use, and specify
>>>> a resolution for submission, we could easily generate enough visual
>>>> content to express this freedom. I also have music I would like to
>>>> submit for the background.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone else seeing this?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> yitzchak: Completely agreed!.
>>
>> We're looking at users who are not advanced; they want Facebook and eBay;
>> they want to listen to their music and watch their videos.
>>
>> And yes, the older GNOME system, whilst I believe will be available as a
>> fail-safe, will not be the main interface; Unity will be. As Unity's UI is
>> not expected to stablilze until far too late in the cycle for us to work
>> with, we are facing a difficult decision; It looks like we may have to do a
>> Ubuntu ad, without Ubuntu in it. (or at least, not very visible) We don't
>> want to create an ad without the correct interface, after all...
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> -Danté Ashton
>>
>> Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Lisandro H. Vaccaro
>
>

There is little point in doing an advert for the old GNOME interface; I
mean; that's almost like doing an advert for Windows Vista/7, whilst
promoting the layout of Windows 95...


-- 

-Danté Ashton

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