Re: On Epiphany marketing, and income opportunities

[Alex Hudson <home alexhudson com>]

On 20/07/09 11:39, Alberto Ruiz wrote:
> I wanted to draw attention on an issue that it's been mentioned
> before. Which is trying to get some money out of the default search
> engine used in epiphany. Obviously, we won't get as much money as the
> Mozilla Foundation out of this, but it'll be worth knowing how much
> can we make out of it and there are other upsides about it besides the
> income.
>    

I think the basic problem with this plan is that GNOME has very little 
branding control. Most of what gets deployed is re-branded in some way, 
and the main GNOME desktops a. don't come with Epi and b. already have 
customised, branded search. Firefox has _much_ stronger control over its 
user experience.

Personally, I think that GNOME should exert more pressure on downstream, 
but I think from a marketing perspective the value of Epi is very 
limited in terms of what people might be willing to pay.

Sorry this is a negative reaction, but that is my initial thought. 
Probably still worth asking, though.

Cheers,

Alex.