Heya, > > "The fact is, however, that KDE has the largest market share, and that > > means the majority of our readers probably use KDE most, or use only > > KDE." > > Is this true, though? > > Online polls consistently give KDE a 2:1 advantage over GNOME, but that > is over the relatively small customer base of early-adopter alpha geeks > (or whatever they're called) - the people who read free software news > sites and things like that. > > But it doesn't measure people using a free desktop at work, or in > telecenters, or atr school, who may not know they're using linux, and > certainly don't browse those sites that run online surveys on whether > you're using GNOME or KDE. > > I don't know if there's anything that we can do to change that image, or > redress the bar, or even start changing that trend in online polls to > get it closer to 60/40 or even 50/50.
Don't get too worked up about the quote that I had above - that was really just to incite people, and get a discussion started. I'm not so much worried about the polls that they get their data from. I'm more worried about the content and quality of the GNOME articles - is this something that we can have some sort of influence over? > It is a little worrying that an online magazine is almost ignoring GNOME... > > > Still, we didn't do too badly with GIMP, Rhythmbox, Gaim and Totem > > articles in there. > > Well, rhythmbox, gaim and totem got 1 page each... It's better than it > could have been, but still. It really does seem like they're a KDE magazine. Why is that? Why are 99% of the Linux magazines out there KDE based? Seems like there are important questions to answer for the marketing group. Glynn -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list