Mark Shuttleworth On Ubuntu's Lack Of Marketing 28
The LugRadio team writes "In the latest episode of LugRadio, the fortnightly Linux radio show, the team interview Mark Shuttleworth, head of the Ubuntu project. Mark talks about where Ubuntu is going, how (and whether) Canonical plan to make any money on the Ubuntu project, his role in the project, and (most importantly) why marketing isn't a good thing and what they're doing instead."
Marketing 101 (Score:4, Insightful)
Marketing 101:
Some marketing is a good thing. For example:
Who is Mark Shuttleworth, and why should I care.
Who/what is Ubintu, and why should I care?
What's Lugradio? Do I really need to download and listen to a big audio file to find out why I should care?
Re:2004 (Score:3, Insightful)
It depends on your expectations. Nobody expects Windows to be toppled for a very long time. I finished the switch from Windows to Linux early last year. I only use Windows at my job now, but I still have it installed in case I ever get the urge. I'm currently running Ubuntu, and I'm pretty impressed. For example, I run this program called Synaptic and I get to browse through a repository of 14000 packages (most from Debian), including the latest versions of almost every open source program I've ever heard of, that I can install just by checking the boxes next to the programs I want and clicking apply. I tried out another 30 or so games last night, and found a few new favorites, not that I play many games.