[haiku] Re: Haiku flier reprint
- From: Alexandre Deckner <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:05:42 +0100
Jorge G. Mare wrote:
Please note that we do not stand at a street corner and hand out
fliers to everyone that walks by. It's only to those who do come to
our booth and that show at least a reasonable degree of interest that
we give the fliers to; granted, most fliers will end up in the trash
sooner or later (that's unavoidable),
Avoidable is the question i'm asking, i can imagine people coming with a
pen and note the url if they are interested!
but they do serve a purpose; not much different from people burning a
nightly build to CD and then throwing it away if you asked me. :)
Well, i didn't want to disgress on too many subjects, but it's one of
reasons i wrote the USB install guide and links on the get-haiku page.
When i really need a CD, i use one of the RW i bought a few years ago.
It's really a no brainer action without any compromise. I'm not trying
to go against any form of material, but at least promote reusability
and save a few trees. I was there last year at FOSDEM, and most
certainly next time too, and people asked for goodies, i'd be more ok
with that, they will less likely go directly to the trash... well
debatable :) Also buying a CD as a collector item is ok in my book, but
not burning thousands to drop at confs just because everyone is doing it.
I'm all for any promotional effort, i'm just looking at the options _we
have_, i'm pretty sure that being creative about that might be just
another way of being remembered!
Regards,
Alex
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