Massimo,
You can see who is at this mostly commercially-dominated CMS conference
that has been held for the past 7-8 years here:
http://gilbaneboston.com/exhibitors_sponsors.html
I think you'd be right in thinking that the typical vendor will either
be wearing branded polo or oxford shirts or will be business casual,
possibly with a jacket on (say, for the SEO experts trying to market
their services.) Since it's in Boston in December, I suspect long
sleeves could overcome polos on this one :)
-Ken
Massimo Azzolini wrote:
I personally don't know the two conferences you're talking about, but
for sure this kind of t-shirt has been thought as a joke/funny thing
to be used in a very plone-centric environment.
So it can be used in a easy-env.
So, for sure, to the bigE-guys it would appear out of context.
btw, what do you think to, when you say "more enterprise"?
I had some IBMLotus or MS t-shirts and polo and they were very simple
(one color - white, yellow, black) with a little logo in the
front-upper-left.
Looked better if it was done with coloured wires (don't know how to
say in english: probably the word is needlework) and not just printed.
bye
massimo
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Ken Wasetis [Contextual Corp.]
<[email protected]
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Nate,
Personally, I think these t-shirts would work well as prizes, but
seem a bit weak as a marketing message for Plone, when
standing/sitting in a booth next to more professional/commercial
vendors such as Microsoft, Oracle and OpenText. Instead of Plone
coming off as a 'hacker-based volunteer project', I'm hoping it
has more of a professional brand/feel to those we run into at Gilbane.
At an NTEN conference, where I think things are going to be a bit
less corporate and stuffy than Gilbane, but also where IT is a bit
more open-source-oriented, I think it would be fine to wear the
t-shirts at booths, but at Gilbane, I just think we need a bit
more professional/corporate image at the booths, unless your going
for the 'something different/hip/cool' angle, but I don't think
that plays as well to the corporate IT folks.
I think the attendees of Gilbane are more in the 'Enterprise with
a big E' market, and if Plone seems like just a 'cool'
tool/project, that isn't going to help it gain adopters and market
share away from those considering RedDot, Vignette, Sharepoint, etc.
Just my two (if redundant) cents.
That said, I'd love to have some to give away in
drawings/give-aways to people who drop off their business cards or
who stay awhile to have serious conversations, etc.
massimo
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