On Thu, 04 Dec 2008 at 11:35:07AM +0000, Alan Bell wrote:
> That would make an interesting project to film for this
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase
Indeed, though you may need to tweak the language so that the
virus claim is toned down to make sure it's legal.
> Alan.
>
> Paul Stimpson wrote:
>> "Is it legal?"
>>
>> Whispers, "Shhh! Just don't tell Bill!"
>>
>> Or...
>>
>> Two people outside an office with "Bill" on the door. One of then has a
>> disc case with Tux and "Linux" on it.
>>
>> "Is it legal?"
>>
>> "Yes"
>>
>> "Does it really work?"
>>
>> "Yes"
>>
>> "Is it quicker than ours?"
>>
>> "Fraid so""
>>
>> "How about viruses?"
>>
>> "None"
>>
>> "There can't be any programs for it"
>>
>> "Thousands"
>>
>> "Hard to use?"
>>
>> "Not any more..."
>>
>> "Bet it's expensive"
>>
>> "Free"
>>
>> "You tell him"
>>
>> "No, you tell him"
>>
>> (They all push the disc at each other then look at each other. One grabs the large pot plant by the door out of its pot,
>> The other throws the disc in then they ram the plant back in and sneak off.)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Paul.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dr Adam Trickett <adam.trickett@???>
>>
>> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 23:16:07 To: Hampshire LUG Discussion
>> List<hampshire@???>
>> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] I am a person not a PC...
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday 03 Dec 2008, Alan Bell wrote:
>>
>>> Alan Pope wrote:
>>> <snip rambling>
>>>
>>>
>>>> We should be looking at ways of promoting what we have, our advantages
>>>> over the competition, our strengths, not kick off knee-jerk copy-cat
>>>> reactionary marketing. The public see through that very quickly. Take
>>>> the appalling Novel "I'm Linux" adverts as a prime example of how
>>>> _not_ to do it.
>>>>
>>> as luck would have it we are working on a marketing campaign right now,
>>> it is far too early to share it with anyone, but I will anyway (just
>>> don't blog it yet). Basically what we are saying is that there is loads
>>> of great Free software out there, but it is a secret - don't tell Bill.
>>> Kind of like the "don't tell Sid" thing that was used when Thatcher sold
>>> our gas. We can use this theme to talk about all sorts of Free software
>>> and of course the services that are available to help people take
>>> advantage of it. Here http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com/Postcards.pdf
>>> is some sample artwork for postcards we could send to small businesses
>>> (but I think we prefer the full colour version) let me know what you
>>> think. Obviously the stuff we do will have an Open Learning Centre theme
>>> to it, but there is no reason why anyone else couldn't do their own
>>> "don't tell Bill" marketing.
>>>
>>
>> I like it, it's quite amusing and gets the point across. Here is
>> something you can legally save money with but don't tell anyone or
>> everyone will know how to save money... The people who know who Bill is
>> will think it's funny everyone else will get the idea that they are
>> supposed to tell everyone really.
>>
>> It reminds me of http://browsehappy.com/ which seems to have gone
>> silent - I hope you are able to maintain some momentum.
>>
>> Good luck with the campaign.
>>
>>
>
--
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK
Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with Windows.
-- anon
