Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1993 00:51:49 CET From: <K11111I@ALIJKU11.BITNET> Subject: Re: The best way to "support Linux"!
From: field@cs.pitt.edu (Brian Field) wrote:
>:>D) Market the hell out of linux. Once 1.0 becomes a reality, Linux
>:>should be pushed as much as possible on the net and in the real world >:>as
an alternative to DOS/Windows, Windows NT, and OS/2.
>But why? Maybe I' a bit to idealistic, but a good product markets itself. (I
>think BSD is a good example of this).
Imagine, you invented the mousetrap. But only every 20th person
has a mouse problem, so if you tell 20 people about your invention (how many
people did you tell about Linux?) you will reach 1 customer.
Non of the other 19 will tell their friends about your invention (=Linux).
If your customer is satisfied, maybe he will tell 10 friends about your
invention. So you sold 1 trap.
Marketing is to find out who has a mouse problem, to go to these people and sell
them a solution for their problem (=a mouse trap).
ED