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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Speaking of the KDE league...
From:       Rob Kaper <cap () capsi ! com>
Date:       2001-06-09 13:27:51
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On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 11:39:49PM -0400, blackfarm wrote:
> The truth is sometimes the same story is on the dot all week long. If
> we're lucky we might see two stories. So i think everyone knows that \
> there is no shortage of space for application announcements. I think its \
> obvious that theres a sort of hacker elitist prejudice against commercial
> ventures. This stuberness against commercial software is hurting KDE.

This is basically the Freshmeat/Slashdot argument. Apps.kde.com is for
application releases. And I bet all apps of The Kompany are announced \
there.

The Dot is for news and KDE promotion, not necessarily KDE application
promotion. It's not biased against commercial applications per se, it's
biased against applications not part of KDE. And of course it is!

The Kompany has their own resources and methods for promotion and \
marketing. Perhaps (small, decent) advertisement banners for their products \
would work on The Dot. If The Kompany releases a new KDE product, that \
might be news. But every release? If Opera were to add KDE add-ons, that \
would be news the first time. Every subsequent release would be marketing.

I very much agree that KDE should be a cooperation between community and
commercial parties, but turning The Dot into a marketing channel instead of
a news site would not be the way to do so.

Rob
-- 
Rob Kaper     | 'What? In riddles?' said Gandalf. 'No! For I was talking
cap@capsi.com | aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest
www.capsi.com | person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by
              | the young are wearying.' - "Lord of the Rings", JRR Tolkien
 
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