Comment 357 for bug 1

Dear David,

The most persuasive form of advertisement is fairly obvious, and is called
word-of-mouth, or sometimes the "Golden Chain". Often this form of
advertisement starts in a ground swell, or at a grass roots level.

Please consider the following example of the power (and economy:^) of this
form of advertisement:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWIrxuF5NSo

I would value your thoughts on this.

Kindest Regards,

Paul

On Fri, 11 May 2007, David A. Benitez wrote:

> Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 17:07:47 -0000
> From: David A. Benitez <email address hidden>
> Reply-To: Bug 1 <email address hidden>
> To: <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 1] Ads in Major Newspapers
>
> It has probably been said before, but how about this?
>
> Take some money and get two ads in two newspapers in the US, Canada,
> Africa, Europe, South America, etc.
>
> I know in the USA, the two major newspapers are "The New York Times" and
> "The Wall Street Journal".
>
> I figure if some company bigwig can get their eyes to see this new
> Ubuntu operating system that's more secure and reliable than Microsoft's
> Vista, I'm sure it will spread through word of mouth. Perhaps they can
> ask their IT departments to check out what it is, and all that.
>
> I'm sure you've heard of the Firefox ad campaign, how about you do something like that? Info below:
> <http://www.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2004-12-15.html>
>
> Oh well, that's my quarter-of-a-cent opinion there.
>
> --
> Microsoft has a majority market share
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