Philip Tellis wrote:
TOI will do anything for money. If you pay them to print something, they'll print it. If you pay them to hold back a story, they'll do that too.
Very true, but their readership is maximum and I was wondering if this group could contribute jointly and release a half page ad. in the TOI on the security, stability and robust benefits of OSS over pirated ones and atleast make the first move of getting people to know that there is an os called 'Linux'. That will put pressure on the reporters to probe more and write more on it. We could provide a list of alternate OSS like Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird etc.
If their ad. rates are too high, we can try mid-day or we could use ad. agents who team up with newspaper vendors to place posters or hand bills inside newspapers as an economical option. Although this will be limitted to Mumbai only, but still something to start with.
Regards,
Rony.
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