[Ubuntu-SG] How to promote Ubuntu in Singapore?

[Rykel™]

Hi kolslorr,

Greetings and I hope this email finds you well.

I just want to reaffirm what Heidir has said, and that is, most of us (99%?)
are tied down by work or school, and organising events takes time and money.
To find time is difficult, to find money (sponsors) is even more difficult -
as there is not many companies out there in this economy that is willing to
pay for something which they do not own.

But does that mean that Ubuntu is bound to fail in South East Asia, or will
be slow in being adopted by the public?

It really depends... if we all proudly display our Ubuntu netbooks and PCs
(with Compiz etc.) to our friends and neighbours long enough, when their
Windows/Mac PCs crash/slows down/gets ridden with viruses etc. they are
likely to look at alternative OSes.

Not only that, if we have friends in the media
(journalists/magazines/MediaCorp etc.) who can support us in a media war (I
use this term in my business - media war) then there is a chance that we can
influence and in fact convince users to switch to Ubuntu.

I know I am going to get flamed for the next statement, but MOST distros,
including Ubuntu versions prior to Karmic, were just NOT ready to compete
with Windows and Mac in user-friendliness... but with the newborn KARMIC, so
much has improved that I believe that NOW there is a fighting chance for
Ubuntu to gain a significant foothold in the screens of PC users
nation-wide.

Like Heidir says, next year would be a good year for us all!




Best Regards,


Rykel™
Member, Team Ubuntu Singapore


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2009/11/10 Muhammad Heidir <md.heidir at gmail.com>

> On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 09:50 +0800, kolslorr at yahoo.com wrote:
> > I have been thinking about this for a long time, how do we promote Ubuntu
> in
> > Singapore, or even generally South East Asia? Since ubuntu-sg is the
> official
> > loco team for the country, I guess this is the appropriate channel to
> ask.
> > However, seeing the activities here, I cant help but feel sorry that
> there
> > are just not much being done, or rather not much interest in pursuing
> this
> > direction. Feel free to correct me, please.
> >
> >
>
> Hi kolslorr,
>
> Let me correct you on some issue which you mentioned above.
>
> The main reason why you are not seeing the activities here is because
> not that we not doing anything. It's because the people who planned
> stuff always have to do what they planned. There are not enough
> volunteers who are able to make time for the team. Either they are busy
> working or studying. Most of the team members are students and some have
> careers. I hope you understand, its not that we do not want to promote
> Ubuntu in Singapore, its because we do not have enough time to commit.
>
> Commitment is the main thing here. In Singapore, its either you are
> studying or working. These two groups make up a whole lot. To see people
> volunteering for free is an advantage that we do not have enough of yet.
>
> In my past experiences with the Team, giving ideas on how to do stuff is
> what we always get, but who to do it and how to do it, that is where the
> barrier grows.
>
> If you have any ideas, feel free to post it in here. Come out with a
> plan, how, where, what in details, maybe if the volunteers are
> interested, they can participate.
>
> But for now, I have to settle stuff right up till next year March. That
> is when I see an opportunity for me to start pushing for events and
> activities to be held for the Team.
>
> My name is Muhammad Heidir. Nice to meet you. I'm sure you can find me
> in Launchpad or Ubuntu-sg wiki as supervivid.
>
> Best regards,
> Muhammad Heidir
> Member of Team Ubuntu Singapore
>
>
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