From: field@cs.pitt.edu (Brian Field) Subject: Re: The best way to "support Linux"! Date: 22 Mar 1993 15:07:09 GMT
K11111I@ALIJKU11.BITNET wrote:
: 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).
: 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).
Thus. since linux is not going to be sold, marketing is not necessary.
Lets see, if I was going to market Linux, I might write....
"Linux, a free unix operating system that runs on 386/486 boxes ... the core
Linux distribution comes with the core operating system (kernel), general unix
commands, and windows ... and it only takes up 50 MB of disk space! Spend
only days installing and sys admining everything before it becomes usable...
and their are even alpha versions of dos emulators.... and if you order now,
get a free glow in the dark sticker for your reset button...!"
Now, I don't want to get flamed for the above. I use linux cause it fits my
needs-- I need a platform in which I can hack network code, and am *extremly*
happy with it (thanks Linus, et. als). The SLS installation procedure made
bringing up linux a much easier task than I expected it to be (thanks SLS)...
and with help of some other Linux users, I was able to get X running on my ATI
Ultra Plus (thanks Bill), and am now networked (thanks Donald).
But I don't use it to run DOS apps on. And those "un-informed users" I doubt
are going to care about such a product unless they *can* run DOS apps on it..
Anyway, my $0.02.
Brian
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