Comment 997 for bug 1

Mozilla had an ad in NYT in 2004 when they released Firefox 1.0, funded
by donations FF users. I don't know how much did this add to the actual
usage, but in my country there was no ad and we're supposed to be
leading one of the leading countries in Europe (in Slovenia above 50%
users are using FF). I'm still trying to figure how this happened and if
other software could follow the same path.

The problem with advertising a Linux distribution is that, every 6
months you get a new release. I think that this would demand an
advertising model that even proprietary software companies would have
difficulties to keep up with. Maybe every LTS could be advertised in
traditional media. The problem is that advertising Ubuntu beyond the
circle of computer power users would in a consumer blowback as it
recently occured with MSI Wind netbooks and the epic fail of a student
with preloaded Ubuntu Dell laptop.

It's not that Linux is not ready for the desktop, users are not ready
for Linux. And how to make them ready for it is the main question here
and the first step towards good advertising of Linux.

Martin

Dne 23.01.2009 (pet) ob 16:42 +0000 je houstonbofh zapisal(a):

> jaypmcwilliams wrote:
>
> > "How can we begin advertising LINUX on Radio, TV & stores"? Please tell
> > me & I would be happy to help.
>
> The problem is that advertising is expensive. I will spend the money,
> but only to promote my business. If I promote my business, and some of
> my vendors, I can get co-op money. There is no Linux co-op money. What
> we need is a new "open source" project that does advertising. If every
> geek sent in a buck, we could do major national adds.
>