Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ....'choice' has suffered from hyper-use, IMHO.
Plus: most people, I would guess, don't really want choice. Maybe I'm wrong here, but I don't know many people who feel that they're getting rodgered by having Windows on their PC. Plus, people already feel that they have choice - there is the Mac, after all. I think that the challenge we have is getting the message across that they are being restricted, in a very real way, by the Redmond-Cupertino oligopoly. As I said back when Mozilla was talking about its marketing strategy for Firefox 2 (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/firefox2_marketing.php for the original article, http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2006/10/24/the-message-practicality-and-usability-more-important-than-open-source/ and http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2006/10/25/mozilla-marketing-follow-up/ for my reaction): If we compete on the existing playground, we're going to lose. If we set up the game such that our strong points are practicality, features, convenience or anything similar, then we will lose, because one day we will be less practical, featureful or convenient. What Free Software has going for it, more than any proprietary alternative, is freedom, choice, community. I was very happy to see the first slogans here targeting choice ("The third way" type messaging), but I have come to think that it's a weak message. I'd be much happier seeing us focus on freedom and community as the core message. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary OpenWengo Community Development Manager Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +33 9 51 13 46 45 Mob: +33 6 28 09 73 11 _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
