On Feb 25, 12:55 pm, Edward Comer <[email protected]> wrote: > You are splitting hairs. Perception IS reality to the average consumer. * > Nothing* in life is free but many things are perceived as free. The original > topic was "why is Picasa less popular?" The simple answer is that the > operating system that came with joe consumer's PC already has Microsoft > photo management installed and most consumers will simply use that - OR the > photo management that came "free" with their camera - again, not really > free, but they can't get the camera without it so, to the consumer it is > perceived as free. The fact that the cost of the software is bundled into > mass market hardware is not important to the consumer - they just want it to > work with minimal or no effort. Picasa requires (1) that the consumer be > aware of it; (2) that they expend effort in what they consider arcane tasks, > i.e., finding, downloading and installing web resident packages - too scary > for joe consumer - thus Picasa lags in deployment versus > the aforementioned alternatives.
I agree wholeheartedly with this post and your other posts. The average Joe/Joan will most likely not use Picasa, unless they know someone who is familiar with and uses Picasa, who would recommend Picasa to their Joe/Joan friend. Geez .... this thread gives me flashbacks to the days when I participated heavily in COLA. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
