----- "Sean DALY" <sdaly.be(a)gmail.com> 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
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