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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Linus Torvalds said: "KDE is the cream of the crop	"
From:       kent () mslinux ! com
Date:       2005-12-18 15:13:47
Message-ID: 20051218081347.55eprxqmc6xw0448 () mail ! aresnetwork ! com
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> Mentioning in the future that Linus is using KDE is a good thing. But
> comparisons don't help here at all - rather the opposite: "There's no
> contender out there that would be worth to be mentioned" / "Never ever
> mention the competition" is the marketing rule that needs to be respected in
> this case.

Where did you learn about "never ever mention the competition" in 
marketing? There is this supersymmetry in marketing.  Bad publicity is 
also a good thing
because it brings in attention from those who have no idea what KDE is.  When
the world only knows Windows and you talk shiet about Windows and claim KDE is
better and this and that.  What do you think people who have no idea of KDE
would do?  Do your homework in marketing.

> 
> > Flamewar when done correctly is good.  It encourages both side to prove
> > each other that they are better.  This will always bring the best in the
> > desktop features to market quicker.
> 
> You try to encourage in turf fighting which would neither look professional
> nor would it have to do anything with promotion.

I used to talk to professional in many areas when in fact after talking 
to them
for about 10 minutes, I realized I'm so much smarter than them.  So in 
the end,
I tell them, your service is no longer needed.

It's a good thing Novell ditch SUSE and fire a bunch of KDE developers 
along the
way and go with Gnome. :)  When the KDE developers are in the shiet hole and
have no financial support, they'll just die off like any other open source
project. :)  But Linspire and Corel wouldn't want that to happen because their
livelihood depend on it.

When it comes down to it, if you want to push the "professional" button, I can
assure, you can get someone who is "professional" to be unprofessional.

> 
> > So I think Patrick is correct by encouraging this translation to let the
> > world Linus uses KDE.  This will bring more people in using KDE.
> 
> Definetely not. There's nothing to gain here. Time to move on.

There is.  If you let CNN, news.com, linuxtoday, business wire, yahoo news,
google news, bloggers, etc. pick this up, you will have an incredible masses
looking at KDE.  The name Linus Torvald alone in the media can get the
attention of at least 10 million people.  Linus Torvald is a superstar, use
that to KDE's advantage!

There are many people on this mailing list that lacks marketing 
education which
I find very alarming.

Cheers!

 
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