---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeff Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 22-Dec-2006 13:18 Subject: Re: Communicating with the public (was Re: Possibility for FreeBSD 4.11 Extended Support) To: Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The point being that you really have to use The Big Hammer to get your
point across. It's the same reason we have to see a McDonalds commercial _every_single_commercial_break_! (egad I hate McDonalds)
Erm, no. We really /don't/! ;-) Anyway ... in most of the F/OSS communities I'm involved with, we're
under the mistaken idea that we can make an announcement and people will see/hear it. Usually you have to make an announcement 6 or 7 times, worded differently each time, before it really hits home with the masses. I could be wrong, but I get the impression that this whole EOL issue with 4.x is partly a result of not reminding people when the EOL date for 4.x is every 5 minutes. The result is that it's just hitting home for a lot of people now that it's the 11th hour. --
That would suggest that we either need to pay PR/advertising people for their work, or get "volunteer advertisers" as excited about our projects as we are. Or both My £0.02 Jeff -- Now, did you hear the news today? They say the danger's gone away But I can hear the marching feet Moving into the street Adapted from Genesis, "Land of Confusion" http://latedeveloperbasketcase.blogspot.com
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