On Wed, 7 Nov 2012 10:48:27 +0100 Durk Talsma wrote: > On a more general note, the latter argument makes it really difficult to > convince these people that FlightGear might be worth considering. I've also > gotten a few questions about whether there would be commercial add-ons for > FlightGear, and the fact that there isn't any need for them doesn't convince > these people at all. > Anyway, its a tricky problem and it make me realize that I wasn't born to be > a salesman. :-)
Nor me... I have to say though that short of using con tricks or hypnosis, in my experience you will _never_ convince this category of people as they've already made up their minds and don't want to change them. I also strongly suspect that even supposing you did, these same people would be more trouble than they're worth - I am pretty sure they'd be the ones complaining vociferously in the forums about how pathetic and broken this or that is, and put zero effort into actually fixing or building things themselves. It's definitely worth putting effort into promotion of FG, I'm sure the vast majority of FSX (and probably X-Plane) users have almost no idea of what it is or is capable of and there are bound to be quite a lot who would make good contributors, particularly when they see how fantastically open-ended and flexible FG is... AJ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Central: Instant, anywhere, Remote PC access and management. Stay in control, update software, and manage PCs from one command center Diagnose problems and improve visibility into emerging IT issues Automate, monitor and manage. Do more in less time with Central http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein12331_d2d _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
