Hi Adrian, I can understand your point very well.
But let us analyse this thing a bit deeper. This consortium is: a) commercial b) the main motivation is to sell something and earn money c) they are selling products and services not philosophy d) they are selling it to apolitical IT people e) the target customers know (probably only) Windows Also on the side of Care2x: a) is not political b) pushes for a healthcare IT solution not Linux c) wants to be multiplaform d) needs to achieve a certain number of implementations to achieve the critical level of acceptance. On the side of the target market: a) buys products and services not ideologies c) most are plain professionals not ideologues d) likes to be impressed with the usual marketing methods not with speeches of ideals. I leave it to your own judgement. Personally, I have met these people within the consortium. They are supportive of Linux and hope that it will someday really gets a bigger piece of the cake. But in their efforts to sell Care2x, they are applying proven methods of marketing and one of these is the principle of "familiarity". Most target costumers (if not all) are familiar with Windows. So it is easier to build a relationship when they see something familiar to them. Sincerely, Elpidio On Thursday 29 April 2004 13:49, Adrian Midgley wrote: > On Friday 30 April 2004 07:14, Elpidio Latorilla wrote: > > You can view this presentation here: > > > > http://www.mycare2x.de/myCare2xPPT.htm > > > > This works only with MSExplorer with a PowerPoint Animation Plugin. Also, > > it is written in german. > > Wow. They have really got hold of the philosophy, have they not. > ...MSExplorer with a PowerPoint Animation Plugin... ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id149&alloc_id�66&op=click _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
