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Re: Marketing GNUstep (was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt)
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MJ Ray |
Subject: |
Re: Marketing GNUstep (was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt) |
Date: |
04 Feb 2004 16:09:35 GMT |
"Sascha Erni, -.rb" <rb@nggalai.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
Hello. Thank you for changing the subject line. I wasn't reading a thread
about development for proprietary platforms.
> Will be quite a challenge, mainly due to the nature of the GNUstep=20
> project. As has been pointed out before, GNUstep is more of an idea than=20
> a "product".
Yes, this is part of the problem. I think another part is the very
strong criticism heaped on past marketing efforts which had errors in
them, like referring to GNUstep as a desktop. I know we're a bunch of
perfectionists (and that's why we like the interface), but you don't
get perfection if you drive the volunteers away by flaming them.
> I don't really see anything like this in the case of GNUstep, but then,=20
> I have only been around for 7 weeks so please do correct me. I'd need=20
> more time to get a grip on the GNUstep community, the who's who,=20
> companies using GNUstep etc..
Do GNUstep a favour: as you figure these things out, write them up and
offer them for use as marketing materials. It's difficult to look at a
project with naive eyes when you've been following it for a while.
> well--it's not as if we could do print ads in Computer World or get=20
> a distributor to include GNUstep with the default installation.
Actually, there is a project to produce distributions with GNUstep as
default at http://www.simplygnustep.com/ but the marketing there is as
bad, IMO ;-)
> Feedback is welcome indeed. And are there any other marketing blokes on=20
> this list? Perhaps we could gang up and invest some serious brain time=20
> on this one. Might be fun.
I am not a marketing bloke, but I impersonate one at work. I am slowly
updating gnustep.org when time permits.
--
MJR/slef
- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, (continued)
- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Philip Mötteli, 2004/02/04
- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Allan Odgaard, 2004/02/04
- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Alex Perez, 2004/02/04
- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Philippe C.D. Robert, 2004/02/04
- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Florent Pillet, 2004/02/04
- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Philip Mötteli, 2004/02/04
- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Philip Mötteli, 2004/02/04
- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Chris Hanson, 2004/02/04
- Marketing GNUstep (was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt), Sascha Erni, -.rb, 2004/02/04
- Re: Marketing GNUstep (was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt), Andreas Höschler, 2004/02/04
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- Re: Marketing GNUstep (was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt),
MJ Ray <=
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- Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Uli Kusterer, 2004/02/03
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- Marketing, was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, MJ Ray, 2004/02/08
- Re: Marketing, was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Philippe C.D. Robert, 2004/02/09
- Re: Marketing, was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Brent Fulgham, 2004/02/09
- Re: Marketing, was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Alex Perez, 2004/02/09
- Re: Marketing, was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Sascha Erni, -.rb, 2004/02/09
- Re: Marketing, was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, MJ Ray, 2004/02/10
- Re: Marketing, was: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, MJ Ray, 2004/02/10
Re: Cocoa/Windows parallel dvlpmt, Tregaskis, Wade, 2004/02/03