From kde-promo  Fri Jun 08 13:46:57 2001
From: Philippe FREMY <P.FREMY () OBERTHURCS ! com>
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 13:46:57 +0000
To: kde-promo
Subject: RE: [kde-promo] Speaking of the KDE league...
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I still hold the idea that it would be cool to have people promoting =
kde in
the US but your answer makes perfect sense. Better have some one who
actually does it that try to find someone who could do it. :-)  Eva, =
please
go ahead.

	regards,

	Philippe

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Navindra Umanee [mailto:navindra@cs.mcgill.ca]
> Envoy=E9 : vendredi 8 juin 2001 15:39
> =C0 : kde-promo@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
> Objet : Re: [kde-promo] Speaking of the KDE league...
>=20
>=20
> Philippe FREMY <P.FREMY@OBERTHURCS.com> wrote:
> > > Right now I am in the organisation team for the KDE booth for=20
> > > the Linuxtag in=20
> > > Germany, which is probably the biggest event for KDE, since=20
> > > KDE is _very_=20
> > > popular in Germany.=20
> >=20
> > But if kde is already very popular, why spend money to promote it ?
>=20
> I think we should be very careful about a false sense of the actual
> market penetration of KDE in Germany.  I think their efforts to
> improve the situation is very worthwhile, as they are trying to =
polish
> the image of KDE and introduce it to new markets.  Increasing the
> popularity in Germany, can increase the popularity of KDE in Europe
> and other countries (eg, LinuxTag).  Increased popularity also means
> more developers whether German, European or American.  More =
developers
> potentially means a better KDE for everyone everywhere.
>=20
> That the people are there and are willing to do the promotion is
> something that should be cherished and encouraged.  They are
> pioneering this task, and once they blaze the trail, the task of
> others in other countries will be simplified.
>=20
> And above all, don't forget the great equaliser that is the internet.
> If KDE makes a huge splash at LinuxTag, you can be almost sure to =
here
> it all over the internet, maybe even ZDNet.
>=20
> > Wouldn't it be better to spend money where kde isn't yet=20
> popular ? I am
> > thinking about publications for developers that are not=20
> specifically linux
> > oriented. Touching the windows and mac world. Or in the US=20
> where it seems
> > that Gnome is far more popular.
>=20
> Maybe it would be better, and I am not at all convinced that it is,
> but who is doing this?  The money should preferably go to people who
> are doing and are willing to do the work, not to some fictional =
people
> doing some fictional task.
>=20
> -N.
> =20
 
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