Re: Marketing, GNOME 3.0 and subteams

[Claus Schwarm <clschwarm googlemail com>]

Shaun,

you're arguing against a straw man. Nobody said, it's an either/or scenario. Nobody said we should drop communicating what GNOME's about completely. Nobody said anybody should drop his or her values. It's only in your head.

However, in my simple opinion with over 10 years in marketing-related jobs and studies, people simply don't care what your core values are.

Microsoft's core value is to make a profit because they're a cooperation. Do they communicate that? No. Why? Because most people don't care when buying the stuff they need. They are just interested what profit they're going to make.


Best regards,
Claus

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org> wrote:

This is not an either/or scenario.  Freedom, for instance,
is very core to Gnome.  We should never stop communicating
that.  It's who we are.  We should absolutely try to show
people real stuff that gets them excited, but that doesn't
mean we drop the values.

Furthermore, I'd argue that accessibility is more than just
some feature people can do without.  It might not matter to
you or me as much, but to the people who need it, it's the
difference between being able to use the system and not.
They do not "do just fine" with non-accessible systems.

--
Shaun