On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 22:24 +0100, Patrick Windt wrote:
The license fees alone would make it beneficial.
Let us not forget the joy of helping one's neighbor
The problem I currently see in the Open Source is that, on one hand
you have a point that open source is about choices and everyone does
marketing in his or her own way. But on the other hand the marketing
efforts become so fragmented that it has lost a great deal of
effectiveness.
Cathedral/Bazaar... We are disorganized to some extend, but we spread
our message because we are united by our passion for OSS.
May I ask whether you (plural) have had marketing education or
experiences other than this? Not to mean disrespectful, just being
curious.
Well, I have no marketing education at all. And IMO, (not to be
disrespectful), that is probably my strong point. Traditional rules
don't always apply when you are working on FOSS
I do want to contribute to spread of open source software, but I
need
to understand how others will benefit from it, which I am in the
process of learning "these days".
Great :)
Very kind regards,
Patrick
On 3/24/06, Alex Maier <lxmaier(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I will respond to some questions, as most of them were
answered by the
great post by Tejas. and BTW, no offense taken--direct
questions are
the best!
On 3/23/06, Patrick Windt <paddy.windt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I just feel fascinated by the task of marketeers in the
Fedora community.
> Although you are not a commercial distribution, I should
believe that even
> the marketing department has some goals to obtain? For
example; get review
> in 5 magazines a month, or get so many registered fedora
users, or so many
> downloads....
Nope, we do not have any set goals, and we do not have a
structure to
enforce them. Whatever the community does, is great, and a
good thing
is that there are thousands of people out there who each
contribute
whatever little resources they can spare, and together we
achieve the
impact you see.
> Finally, is the marketing "department" of the fedora
community in contact
> with the creators/developers?
Yes, by all means. As we are not a commercial organization,
but a
group of volunteers, many of us "moonlight" as developers or
vice
versa. We have email lists to which anyone can subscribe, such
as
fedora-marketing list, and on these lists everyone can submit
their
input.
We also have a wiki, on which our projects and sub-projects
keep their
information for the whole world to review and comment on.
This is how we ensure that information flows freely between
the
projects within Fedora, as well as between the project itself
and the
rest of the world :)
Now if I may ask you a question--in what project are you going
to use
the information about Fedora? Is there any way you might be
interested
in contributing?
Thank you,
Alex
> On 3/23/06, Alex Maier <lxmaier(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > Partick,
> >
> > Please visit
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/ for
> some
> > background information.
> >
> > Fedora is not a commercial distribution, so we do not
really have a
> > corporate strategy behind all our actions. Rather, we try
to draw
> > attention to our projects and recruit more contributors.
> >
> > I have forwarded your request to fedora-marketing-list,
and the folks
> > there shall be in touch with you shortly with all sorts of
in-depth
> > comments.
> >
> > I really do not feel like I am the only person who konws
all the truth
> > about Fedora Marketin, and this is why I asked them to
help me out :)
> >
> > If you have any more questions, please do not hesitate to
get in touch
> > with me again--I will try to help as much as I can.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Alex
> >
> > On 3/20/06, Patrick Windt <paddy.windt(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Dear mrs. Maier,
> > >
> > > So if I get this right, seeing that you are indeed head
of marketing,
> the
> > > fedora marketing team focusses their attention on
promotion. Is Fedora
> Core
> > > not adapted to fit the needs of it's members, by lets
say a broad
> survey, or
> > > is it estimated what the target audience wants?
> > >
> > > Does the fedora marketing team have any firm strategic
or operational
> > > targets to obtain?
> > >
> > > I'm mostly interested in fedora's marketing strategy
since it is very
> much
> > > different from a regular company. It is indeed non
profitable and you do
> not
> > > have a tangible item.
> > >
> > > Friendly greetings,
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > >
> > > On 3/20/06, Alex Maier < lxmaier(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Dear Patrick,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much for your inquiry. I lead the
Ambassadors project,
> > > > and this is what I can speak for :)
> > > >
> > > > The Ambassadors project is a grass-roots initiative
mostly centered
> > > > around "getting the word out" to the people
outside
the Fedora project
> > > > and also helping Fedora Project communicate with
Fedora and Linux
> > > > community.
> > > >
> > > > If you have any more questions, please feel free to
get in touch with
> > > > me or the entire Steering Committee (Famsco) for more
help.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much for your interest in Fedora,
> > > > Alex
> > > >
> > > > On 3/18/06, Patrick Windt <paddy.windt(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> > > > > Dear mrs. Maier,
> > > > >
> > > > > As an international marketing student, I was
wondering in what
> aspects
> > > the
> > > > > marketing department of "fedora" is integrated
in
the final product
> > > release.
> > > > > Or is the marketing of fedora solely based on
"getting the word out"
> ?
> > > > >
> > > > > I would love to get some insight in the marketing
plan of Fedora...
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Kind regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Patrick Windt
> > > > > paddy.windt(a)gmail.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
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>
http://fedoraproject.org
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > >
> > > Patrick Windt
> > > paddy.windt(a)gmail.com
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
>
> --
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Patrick Windt
> paddy.windt(a)gmail.com
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