On 05/08/10 19:32, [email protected] wrote: > centralized market place
Market places are really good if populated and used, however, I would say that market 'places' are one aspect of marketing. The more general activity of 'marketing' is something for which the foss community is poorly equipped. Successful marketing is often based on people skills, and often these are not found in the same ball park as technical skills. I liked the Firefox idea of many individuals each contributing a sum to fund a full page advert in the New York Times newspaper (I think it was the nyt?). Following the philosophical saying 'I think therefore I am', I suggest that for the person in the street, in a sea of advertising and media displays, 'It is advertised therefore It exists' is appropriate for pretty well any product. FOSS products can gain ground by excellence and word of mouth, but they have to beat the competition who is already very well established. And entrenched as monopolies sometimes. That is some call. Because our (retail) society *revolves* around marketing, it has become very expensive, even to elbow into a less popular corner of the media. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
