It's sad, but it's true: Developers/Engineers like to think their creation is so cool, OBVIOUSLY everyone's going to buy one. This is/was Apple's approach.
Sales people don't care about their product quality or usefulness, so long as everyone buys one. This is/was Microsoft's approach. 'Nuff said. -- Ciao Richard Foley http://www.rfi.net/books.html On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 03:11:37PM -0500, eash...@mac.com wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2013, at 3:10 AM, Johan Vromans <jvrom...@squirrel.nl> wrote: > > > http://developers.slashdot.org/story/13/01/29/0235220/perls-glory-days-are-behind-it-but-it-isnt-going-anywhere > > > > We know we suck at marketing, but is there anything we are going to do > > about it? > > I believe the old saying goes, "There's no such thing as bad publicity....". > Of course, it pairs well with, "Familiarity breeds contempt...and children." > :) > > I don't think perl needs marketing, it needs developers who anticipate and > meet needs of those who might use the language to solve a problem. Most folks > outside of the various communities really don't care what tool they use, just > that it does the job. > > e.
