Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf11-localteam] DebConf11 TV Ad?
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor
<dkg@fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
> Hi Adnan--
>
> What language will this spot be in?
>
> On 06/29/2011 09:29 AM, Adnan Hodzic wrote:
>> The way I thought about this ad was, to have list of cities where it
>> was held so far, then couple of keywords,
>
> The full list of cities where debconf has been held, at one city per
> second, is already the full spot :(
>
>> linux?
>
> Debian isn't all Linux any more, though this is probably not an
> unreasonable association. We are more universally dependent on GNU,
> though (even our kFreeBSD ports rely on GNU), so we should probably
> throw in GNU if we're doing associated keywords.
>
>> open source?
>
> *cough cough* "Free Software" please. Freedom matters. I don't mind
> "Open Source" as part of the phrase "Free and Open Source Software".
> But we have the DFSG, not the DOSSG.
>
>> debian?
>
> This seems reasonable, yes :)
>
>> google?
>
> google? really? if i had 10 seconds to explain anything about debian
> and/or debconf, i can't imagine how Google would take up any of it.
>
> . and then date when DebConf wil be held and where.
>
> yes, this seems critical.
>
> If we're trying to encourage people to come to Debian Day (which i think
> is a nice idea), maybe we want some thing about learning, meeting
> people, workshops, etc?
>
> Velimir (since you're managing debian day), what sort of noise would you
> make about debian day if you had a handful of seconds to make it?
>
>>> Bring general awareness and tell people about Debian Day. As people
>>> have no idea what Linux is not to mention Debian and so on.
>
> eh? Not mention Debian in a spot about DebConf? i'm not sure i
> understand what you're implying here, or why that would make any sense
> at all.
>
> Regards,
>
> --dkg
>
>
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>> google?
>
> google? really? if i had 10 seconds to explain anything about debian
> and/or debconf, i can't imagine how Google would take up any of it.
We're having a talk on Debian Day "Debian in the enterprise. A Google
case study" that's by two Google employees. Which will be more then
important to also mention in our ad as we're using reverse approach to
advertise Debian here. No one knows what Debian is, but they all know
what Google is, and if we can tell something about Debian through
Google then even better.
--
Adnan
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