<div>Hey Hugh,<br></div><div><br></div><div>To address some of your reactions:</div><div><br></div><div><em>"- why Ubuntu and not Linux and FLOSS in general?"<br></em></div><div><em><br></em></div><div>As I understand it, the name "Ubuntu Hour" is just a marketing/promotion tool as you suggested picked by the Ubuntu Community. The content of these "Ubuntu Hours" are not defined in the wiki articles.<em><br>
</em></div><div><br></div><div><em>"are there lessons about promotion to be learned from Ubuntu Hours?"</em></div><div><em><br></em></div><div>I am not sure, Ubuntu Hours are a fairly new thing as I see from the Ubuntu wiki. <em><br>
</em></div><div><br></div><div><em>"- Apple has been the most successful in promotion. Is Ubuntu hoping<br> to copy some of the Apple enthusiasm?"</em><br></div><div><em><br></em></div><div>That would be the best result the Ubuntu community is hoping for, I guess.<em><br>
</em></div><div><em><br></em></div><div><em>"... so why hold this in Alio Lounge which (I would guess) is much less<br> supportive of our communities?"</em></div><div><br></div><div>I am not organizing this event, it's organized by <a href="https://launchpad.net/~mystic-scientist">Michael Kaulbach</a>. I do not know as to why he chose this venue.</div>
<div><br><em>"Fedora has held release parties at the Linux Caffe. I would hope that<br>this isn't a reason against."</em><br></div><div><em><br></em></div><div>Of course not.<em><br></em></div><div><br></div>
<div><em>"Perhaps the Caffe is too small -- how big is a Ubuntu release party<br>likely to get?"<br></em><br>So far seven people are registered for the event, hopefully more will soon register.<br></div><div><br>
</div>-- <br><div>Sadiq S<br></div><div><a href="http://asininetech.com" target="_blank">http://asininetech.com</a></div><div>
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