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Authored by: OpenSourceFTW on Sunday, April 07 2013 @ 05:54 PM EDT |
I don't trust anybody trying to "fix" it. Especially if they are not
of the founding crowd.
Good thing its crowdsourced (i.e. free and open) by definition, so the community
will pretty much end up using what definition works for them.
Subversion is gonna be tough.
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, April 07 2013 @ 06:25 PM EDT |
> The majority of developers still prefer it
Ay, there's the rub. Free software is too often "sold" as a magic
bullet for users. But those users who don't have some developer savvy
will find it less satisfying to actually use than their existing closed apps.
There's a whole army of users who don't have the intellect of a
Stallman or a Torvalds. Does Free software need to work for them?
If the answer is yes, then it may be necessary to pay somebody to
polish away the rough edges. Red hat, Canonical and a few smaller
distros are doing this, but then they get criticised for straying
down the path towards Redmond or Cupertino. The article
seemed worried about a no-win situation here ...
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Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, April 07 2013 @ 07:38 PM EDT |
Dispite the harsh comments that reflect on the controversial title, I don't
think the article was intended to bash the FOSS.
In fact the writer admits as suchs in one of the commets later down the line:
" klintron 5pts1 day ago @RobsNed I agree that those fundamental freedoms
are important, but ...To be clear: I don't want to throw out the original FSM
freedoms, only expand them and talk about them in a way that matters to people
who aren't developers."
So basically, I get the idea that the author was trying to do a 'Groklaw for
marketing', but without PJs experience or dedication.
Of course, to us most of those 'other' benefits of FOSS are old and well-known,
but the idea behind it has merit.
But if you can't promote/sell yourself, it wont matted how much code you give
back to the community because you'll be out of business.
So can we crowdsource marketing research? Multiple articles towards user habits
and GUI design have been linked here over the years, but are there concentrated
effords to collect them elseware?
- What marketng concepts are available?
- What are the most convincing ' benefits' of FOSS within certain user
categories/product groups?
- Which companies are using thme effective? Which companies are 'FUD'. (Which
cross teh balance between open code and open privacy leaks? Do all SAAS really
give back to the community?)
For instance, my sister accidently works for a small company using and
sponsoring on a FOSS event, and managed to name 5 big marketing failures in as
many minutes.
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