[CentOS] [OT] FOSS marketing problems (WAS Re: Celebrating Centos 6.0 Day World-wide)

[Always Learning]

On Sun, 2011-07-10 at 11:34 +0900, 夜神 岩男 wrote:

> [Iwao clears his throat, arranges his large stack of soap-boxes...]

Excellent accurate posting.

Microsoft, since the introduction of Windoze 95 (which critics said was
like Apple Mac in 1986), used household marketing techniques. At the
time it was thought M$ were marketing Windoze as if it were a soap power
(washing powder) rather than a computer product.

The Linux world is fragmented and very individualistic. However your
idea of copying M$ and telling the:

(a) domestic consumers that Linux means saving hundreds of GBP. USD, EUR
on expensive software and it lets you make telephone calls to your
friends, play on Facebook, use your favourite (web based) email
programmes, update your contacts on Linkedin, get new and improved
versions of the software completely free and they can give away copies
to their friends and family without M$ calling-in the cops and screaming
'piracy' and demanding 10 year jail sentences. In the UK the police
check for pirated M$ software whenever they seize computers as part of
their investigations into 'crimes'.

(b) business users that Linux means saving hundreds of GBP. USD, EUR on
expensive software thus freeing cash to invest in other things for the
business. Upgrades are free and will not require expensive new hardware
or a different method of working so staff can carry-on with the absolute
minimum of disruption. Above all staff never need to learn a different
method of working thus saving on very expensive M$ training costs.

All normal business software is there, free, from M$ Office equivalents
to working with databases, doing the accounts etc. etc.

... is exactly what is needed. Don't forget "Linux is so easy even one's
grandmother can use it !" or should that be ...

"" Linux is so easy that even Bill Gates can use it ! ""


If ever I get the time I have always wanted to write a business accounts
suite for Linux from order entry, customer records, credit control to
invoicing, statements etc. and give it away free .... so long as it does
not work on M$ Windoze.


-- 
With best regards,

Paul.
England,
EU.

1 June 2010 Exclusively Centos & Gnome. Liberated from M$ Windoze.