Re: [Fsfe-uk] Stephen Fry on Asus Eee

[MJ Ray]

"Andrew Williams" <address@hidden> wrote: [...]
> Sounds very Mr T. and the World Of Warcraft adverts. Do we really need
> celebrity endorsements to improve the visibility of FOSS? How many
> people out there actually go "Wow, Stephen Fry uses it so it must be
> good!"?

We don't need celebrity endorsements, but they're a cheap stunt which
probably would improve the visibility.  I doubt many people would use
it because of the endorsement, but it would keep it in their minds.

Anyway, almost as good as namesake endorsements:-
> e: address@hidden
     ^^^^
> Andrew Williams
         ^^^^^^^^
but I guess that gets boring quick.

Regards,
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