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[yitzchak schwarz <s.y.schwarz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Whether it's forced on us or done by our urging and begging, it doesn't
matter. That is what the future Ubuntu is going to be like and therefor that
is what we are promoting. I don't think promoting a non-default Ubuntu
counts as promoting Ubuntu. IMO that falls under the category of promoting
an Ubuntu variant, which is something completely different and IMO not in
the scope of this team's mission.

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 9:42 PM, 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
>>
>>
>> Sent from Ubuntu
>>
>>
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