I agree with you. When I encounter cases like that for Sugar Labs, in addition to commenting (or encouraging other contributors to comment) I put the journalist or blogger on the PR mailing list; they are better informed next time.
Sean On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Robert 'Bob' Jensen <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- "Sean DALY" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I'd have to disagree with the statement that attention comes to any >> product "automatically", especially a product not widely known, no >> matter how good it is. >> >> Marketing is precisely the art and science of garnering attention. A >> great product by itself will establish a tiny niche, but a great >> product with sharp marketing will have every chance of becoming very >> widely known (there are other factors, such as the state of the >> competition, the age of the market, etc). A great product makes >> marketing easy; but I'm sure you'd agree that many mediocre (and some >> downright awful) products are successful merely by benefiting from >> great marketing (and lots of ad spend). >> >> Fedora project contributors certainly know the status of Fedora, but >> isn't it a goal to spread the word to others? For example, Windows >> users who don't "favor" Windows, but found it on the PC they bought, >> and are fed up with malware and crashes, are looking for alternatives? >> In that group are many who are switching to Apple (cf. market share >> growth and Q4 results, single biggest quarterly Mac sales in its >> history), but there are surely others interested in saving money and >> replacing Windows XP on existing PCs. >> >> I think all consumers are aware that an OS takes time to develop; >> there are millions of Windows users who are aware MS takes years for >> each version. The article implies that the mentioned FOSS project >> releases have been timed to the Windows 7 release, which is certainly >> not the case for Fedora, but as the angle of the story is that there >> are alternatives to Windows 7, inaccurate as it is it's not such bad >> publicity for Fedora in my view. >> > > I feel we have an obligation to correct inaccuracies if we truly care about > the Fedora product and/or Fedora Project. If we do not speak the truth the > lies themselves become truths in the minds of many. I personally care about > the Fedora product more so than gaining 'new consumers' from the Windows > market. Retaining our current consumers/contributors is more important than > courting new consumers for me. If they come they come willingly the best we > can do is put the truth out there and let them decide. We are going to gain > new consumers even if they are temporary, provided the correct information is > published for them to even take a look. > > -- Bob > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > | Robert 'Bob' Jensen || Fedora Unity Founder | > | [email protected] || http://fedoraunity.org/ | > | http://bjensen.fedorapeople.org/ | > | http://blogs.fedoraunity.org/bobjensen | > | http://www.facebook.com/people/Robert-Bob-Jensen/1332998420 | > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Fedora-marketing-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list > -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
