[dundee] GNOME Census - Who Writes GNOME & the start of a Flame War

[Andrew Clayton]

On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:28:46 +0100, gordon dunlop wrote:

> >   Greg should be experienced enough not to fall for the Marketing
> > or media
> tart ploy where organisations or individuals hype up their importance,
> potential & capabilities. Look at  what some proprietary software
> companies are telling you about their products, do you believe what
> they are saying? Of course not, you let it go in one ear and out of
> the other. They say that actions speak louder than words, Red Hat has
> proved this in the REAL WORLD regarding their profitability,
> Canonical has not yet done so and until they can actually do this,
> ie. Scunthorpe winning a trophy, their words are meaningless.

Unfortunately there will be a lot of people that do believe the hype
and will gain misguided idea's and thoughts.

I guess it's a bit like protecting a trademark, if you don't actively
protect it, you'll loose it.

Andrew