Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1998 10:02:17 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Licia <licia@o-o.org>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD giveaway pens (was: I Need Advice) Message-ID: <19981108100217.U499@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981107133017.26045A-100000@o-o>; from Licia on Sat, Nov 07, 1998 at 01:41:01PM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981107133017.26045A-100000@o-o>
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On Saturday, 7 November 1998 at 13:41:01 -0600, Licia wrote: > > I'm about to place an order for 1,000 ink pens to give away. > I am allowed 4 lines of 26 characters each in which to place > my message. I would really like some suggestions as to how > best to use these lines to advocate FreeBSD. > > Right now, I am thinking something like : > > | ---------------------------| > > 1 FreeBSD > 2 A Free Operating System > 3 http://www.FreeBSD.org > 4 The Power To Serve > > > I suspect there must be much better wording to get the message > across and get people's attention. I plan to leave these pens > in book stores, computer stores, give them to friends, maybe > ask some people to take some to their schools with them. I know > it's not much, but I really want to get this message done right :) It would be nice to get something in there that indicates the nature of the operating system. I can't think of anything myself, but maybe somebody else can. That's a generous offer. Is this your own money, or is somebody else behind you? Also, why pens? I keep suggesting mouse pads, but nobody has got around to it yet. Of course, I don't know the relative cost. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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