>>Selena Sol wrote:
>> Suppose we run a series of 6 ads over 6 months for a total budget of
$120,00
>> USD.In our add, it would be something very simply like
>>
>> "perl - used every day at AT&T"
>>
>> with a little link to some brochureware site.
>>
>> Then, at the bottom we could have 12 sponsor logos
> Peter said:
> No language advertises itself this way. I have never seen a language
> advertised like that.
That is often the basis of a world shatering advertising campaign :)
> I don't see how this would accomplish more market
> share for Perl.
It may not...it was just an idea. I would like the group to try to come up
with a small, achievable project that we can do to make our advocacy
tangible.
> The attention that Java and C++ get is not for the languages themselves,
> but the libraries, components, and applications available for them. The
> only reason Java got press was because of applets and beans. As long as
> it's easy to make high-level enterprise applications, people couldn't care
> less what the language looks like. There is still far more usage of COBOL
> than most people realize.
I am not sure I agree with you that java ads to what you say they do, but I
agree with you that the content or mission of the ads we put up should be
refined for the most impact.
> I still think this approach is looking for the keys under the light
instead
> of where they were lost. Perl rules the glue application space. Figure
> out how to tell whether it's doing better or worse at that, given that the
> glue space doesn't follow the same rules as the better-known product
> space. Maybe the same can also be said for the rapid prototyping space.
Good point about rapid prototyping...this is indeed a strength of perl.
