Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora Linux updates prepped as Win7 release nears

[Robert 'Bob' Jensen]

----- "Sean DALY" <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd have to disagree with the statement that attention comes to any
> product "automatically", especially a product not widely known, no
> matter how good it is.
> 
> Marketing is precisely the art and science of garnering attention. A
> great product by itself will establish a tiny niche, but a great
> product with sharp marketing will have every chance of becoming very
> widely known (there are other factors, such as the state of the
> competition, the age of the market, etc). A great product makes
> marketing easy; but I'm sure you'd agree that many mediocre (and some
> downright awful) products are successful merely by benefiting from
> great marketing (and lots of ad spend).
> 
> Fedora project contributors certainly know the status of Fedora, but
> isn't it a goal to spread the word to others? For example, Windows
> users who don't "favor" Windows, but found it on the PC they bought,
> and are fed up with malware and crashes, are looking for alternatives?
> In that group are many who are switching to Apple (cf. market share
> growth and Q4 results, single biggest quarterly Mac sales in its
> history), but there are surely others interested in saving money and
> replacing Windows XP on existing PCs.
> 
> I think all consumers are aware that an OS takes time to develop;
> there are millions of Windows users who are aware MS takes years for
> each version. The article implies that the mentioned FOSS project
> releases have been timed to the Windows 7 release, which is certainly
> not the case for Fedora, but as the angle of the story is that there
> are alternatives to Windows 7, inaccurate as it is it's not such bad
> publicity for Fedora in my view.
> 

I feel we have an obligation to correct inaccuracies if we truly care about the Fedora product and/or Fedora Project. If we do not speak the truth the lies themselves become truths in the minds of many. I personally care about the Fedora product more so than gaining 'new consumers' from the Windows market. Retaining our current consumers/contributors is more important than courting new consumers for me. If they come they come willingly the best we can do is put the truth out there and let them decide. We are going to gain new consumers even if they are temporary, provided the correct information is published for them to even take a look.

-- Bob 
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