Hi, I see your point like:
Are you aware of FLOSS? You use it when you: * use the internet (remember all those DNS servers, all those gateways, all those web/mail/chat/database servers?) * do Google (as in search, chat, send email) or even Yahoo, Amazon * you call (with Android, ekiga or other SIP based clients, a Qtopia phone, soon probably even Nokia phones) * browse the web (everybody uses firefox right?) * use your gps (at least the garmin ones do...) * use your MID or NetBook * use your office programs (openoffice, sun staroffice, ibm symphony, koffice, abiword) And it is all good. right? So why not use it on your desktop? I believe Nokia's embracement of FLOSS (maemo, buying of trolltech, their openness/human strategy) is more relevant to the worldwide mobile marketshare for FLOSS than any shiny iphone or even android as a platform adopted by a minor market share mobile company gang. Your point lies, as it should, in that your OS is less and less important everyday as long as your web apps work and let you do your work. So why not go FLOSS all the way, right? To round up: Software is like sex: It's better when it's free ;) Isn't Linus right when it comes to this too? R On 6/11/08, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:39:13 -0500 > "Hal Wilke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It may be far fetched to think that you can get contact info for >> people who buy these FOSS phones, but it is not outlandish to think >> that the people who by them are not going to be perspective adopters >> of other open source softwares. Maybe the majority of the people >> won't understand what they are using, and it may not impact any >> decisions they make int he future, but some users will notice. They >> will see how the open source community works, and the advantages of >> the open source development model. Maybe this will lead them to >> other open source products (projects), maybe not. >> >> How we use this to market to them...I'm not sure. >> > Nice to see someone else who sees the potential of this. +1 for > thinking outside the box! If my reply to Cody does not answer your > question, Hal, let me know and I'll post a better answer. > - -- > Peace! > > John > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIT0IcsTN+hz1Fu7URArQfAKDUEgZ30hWxxsE993jD/+ryYXWrewCfSwPB > 15MiKHfoWgGmKDPXJhXAMls= > =lTLG > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > ubuntu-marketing mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing > -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
