From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Apr 2 8:17:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mailman.naxs.com (mailman.naxs.com [216.98.64.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E4E14CE9 for ; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 08:17:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from aiarbuckle@naxs.com) Received: from naxs.com ([216.98.64.181]) by mailman.naxs.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 0-42723U8000L3500S0) with ESMTP id AAA123; Fri, 2 Apr 1999 11:16:45 -0500 Message-ID: <3704EB36.708A399B@naxs.com> Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 11:07:20 -0500 From: "Andrew I. Arbuckle" Organization: Donnkenny Apparel, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Donald Wilde Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Michael Doyle , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Advocacy References: <11742.923052372@zippy.cdrom.com> <3704B684.9C55D77A@thuntek.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------2A56F8358BF8416AF468ED57" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --------------2A56F8358BF8416AF468ED57 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It seems to me you would get more interest if the system ran completely from the CD, with the exception of having a data space on the hard drive (temporary), then you would have a true demo for the user. Ran as an interactive movie, and then if the user liked it, instructions on how to get an install, either from the CD or as a download at no cost. Even then I feel you will have some problems, as in my experience, most users are casual users, and do not want anything to do with an install. Plug and Play mentalities. Donald Wilde wrote: > I agree that CD#1 is stand-alone enough, Jordan, but it's not demo > material by any means. I can't see asking anybody to do even a two-hour > minimal install to "look at" a system, especially just to get a command > prompt on the screen. Technical evaluators and MIS people, yes, but > that's not what Joe LinWin is going to want to see. > > A demo disk's purpose is to _entertain_ people. Boot from the CD, build > a little temporary filesystem within FAT32 or RAM, bring up VGA or SVGA > X, and start the show. This is the kind of thing we need to be putting > out there on the covers of pulp magazines. Putting a full-on install > disk on a consumer PC mag will not have the same effect, even though > you're giving away more. We need to plant a hook with "Wow! I want > that!" > > -- > Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" > Wilde Media > 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 > Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- Andrew I. Arbuckle Work: (540) 228-6181 ext 251 Fax: (540) 228-6036 --------------2A56F8358BF8416AF468ED57 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit It seems to me you would get more interest if the system ran completely from the CD, with the exception of having a data space on the hard drive (temporary), then you would have a true demo for the user.  Ran as an interactive movie, and then if the user liked it, instructions on how to get an install, either from the CD or as a download at no cost.  Even then I feel you will have some problems, as in my experience, most users are casual users, and do not want anything to do with an install.  Plug and Play mentalities.

Donald Wilde wrote:

I agree that CD#1 is stand-alone enough, Jordan, but it's not demo
material by any means. I can't see asking anybody to do even a two-hour
minimal install to "look at" a system, especially just to get a command
prompt on the screen. Technical evaluators and MIS people, yes, but
that's not what Joe LinWin is going to want to see.

A demo disk's purpose is to _entertain_ people. Boot from the CD, build
a little temporary filesystem within FAT32 or RAM, bring up VGA or SVGA
X, and start the show. This is the kind of thing we need to be putting
out there on the covers of pulp magazines. Putting a full-on install
disk on a consumer PC mag will not have the same effect, even though
you're giving away more. We need to plant a hook with "Wow! I want
that!"

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Wilde Media
1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117  voice:      505-771-0709
Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124   e-mail:     dwilde1@thuntek.net

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