Re: Marketing, GNOME 3.0 and subteams

[Claus Schwarm <clschwarm googlemail com>]

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org> wrote:

Speaking of which, we do very little (if anything?) to advertise GNOME apps. I think users pick operating systems based on apps. They have a task, they pick an app. They don't decide to use Windows or Linux or Mac, they decide to use Photoshop or Gimp or iTunes.

I agree on the idea that user pick operating system on the variety and availability of applications. It's also usually easier to advertise applications than a desktop.

The problem with the approach, though, is that one would have to advertise the Windows or Mac versions, since Linux distributions provide no common decentralized installation method. Most application developers provide no decentralized installer.

By doing so, one would increase the availability and variety of applications for Operating Systems that are not Open Source.


Best regards,
Claus