On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 07:43 -0600, Brent McConnell wrote:
Sorry about the ramble but my point is that we need 3 things and none are easy
1) A better product ( in some ways we have this and in others we need improvement)
2) Routes to market (how can Average Joe get us?)
3) A focused marketing campaign that builds passionate users in a targeted market (not unlike iPod)
Brent
So how do we work on #3, building passionate users? In my opinion "Free + Freedom" hasn't worked too well. Sure it works well for those of us who understand the underlying differences between platforms, but not for the average joe. While the average joe loves and espouses freedom in nearly every other aspect of society, he just doesn't equate it with technology. In technology, they look for premium and top dollar. So for us, I don't think its about just passion, but making Linux truly look like a premium choice. -- Bryen Yunashko openSUSE Board Member GNOME-A11y Team Member www.bryen.com (Personal Blog) www.planet-a11y.net (Feed aggregator of the Accessibility Community) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org