[Gllug] Advertising the next GLLUG meeting in Universities and Colleges

[Caroline Ford]

On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 12:26 +0000, Philip Hands wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> My pedantry is itching too, but I'll ignore it mostly, on the basis that
> the target audience don't give a shit, so ignoring that:
> 
> The cost argument is probably largely irrelevant (given that any student
> that might be interested in Linux will know where to get 'doze for nowt so
> the cost they see is the same).
> 
> Perhaps a little FUD would grab attention:
> 
>   You can legally install a copy of Linux (grabbed from the net or a
>   friend) without worrying that you'll get someone from Microsoft
>   battering your door down in the middle of the night
> 
> Cheers, Phil.

As a student myself (albeit a mature one) I don't see that as a killer
argument. 

The killer arguments to me are:

We (Ubuntu anyway) are cooler than Windows
We have support for your music player/digital camera with some flashy
software 
We don't cost you anything and you won't get any viruses

It does seem to work roughly in that order.

Caroline

-------------- next part --------------
-- 
Gllug mailing list  -  Gllug at gllug.org.uk
http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug