New York Times advertisement for Ubuntu

[Tom Haskins-Vaughan]

I may have got the completely wrong end of the stick here, but would you 
not be better off doing an ad for Linux rather than just Ubuntu?

Martin Owens wrote:
>> I'm not sure I feel the same about donating for an Ubuntu advertisement
>> as I would towards Mozilla. Unlike Mozilla, Ubuntu has both a wealthy
>> benefactor and a fairly well visible support corporation, either of
>> which could take the lead in doing their own marketing.
> 
> Do you honestly think they're going to do any marketing at the moment?
> No, as rich as Mark may be he doesn't seem willing at the moment to go
> into any marketing in the USA; perhaps he's working some marketing in
> the UK or Euro zone I don't know, but if the community wants adverts
> then the community can stop living the dream that money falls from
> generous pockets to pay large bills.
> 
>> Remember how Debian ran into problems when money came into play with
>> some developers getting paid to work on Debian, which ticked off the
>> volunteers. While I don't think twice about Ubuntu's corporate backing
>> when it comes to contributing to the code, I would hesitate before
>> contributing cash to a far more indirect benefit, like marketing.
> 
> The Debian problem was not money as such, it was that funds were
> directed to people who normally volunteered by individual people. The
> community had no say over the matter and could not deliberate on any
> of the issues.
> 
> In my group at least we have money sitting in a pot waiting to be
> spent on LoCo activities that can push Ubuntu in our state or in a
> country wide effort. I've not had anybody moaning about how we spend
> the money since people can come to meetings where we'd vote on such
> issues.
> 
>> I sent the message to the ubuntu-marketing list, so they were the
>> intended recipients...
> 
> Good idea, let them know just incase they want to co-ordinate.
> 
> Best Regards, Martin Owens
> 

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