Hi Italo,
First, Mozilla is very active in the US, where OOo is virtually absent (although we have some outstanding volunteers, but given the size of the market the community there should be at least four times as big as in Germany). OOo is very active in several european markets, especially Germany, France and Italy, where the marketing activities are more sizeable and visible than Mozilla's. Being like Mozilla in Italy would mean stopping all marketing activities.
I see. I know some guys from Mozilla Germany, and they have lots of people hired in Europe, but at least in Germany no really visible community. Both sides have advantages and disadvantages, I think. What I really like about Mozilla is that they are quite independent and have money, time and resources for big projects, where we depend on 1. our own money or the money of a third-party corporation and 2. our own free time.
That's why I think comparing both entities is not possible.
Marketing is first and foremost a strategy, and then is money. Putting the money on "visible" activities for the sake of spending the budget has no meaning: first decide where you want to go, then invest (sometimes zero, because you just don't need to invest).
Sure, I absolutely agree. And once again, I'm so often proud to see what we achieved without being professionally hired and stuffed with money. ;-)
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