[Wolves] Forced to ditch Linux
Kevanf1
kevanf1 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 28 19:24:38 BST 2007
On 28/08/07, Mark Harrison <Mark at yourpropertyexpert.com> wrote:
> Kevanf1 wrote:
> > Why hasn't MS
> > imploded yet? I'll tell you why. Lies, lies, promises and a
> > fantastic marketing and business team.
>
> Indeed.
>
> MS have a marketing team who understand WHY people buy mass-market
> stuff, and relate to that.
>
> With the exception of a few organisations (Red Hat, IBM, Sun spring to
> mind) who target the business market rather than the home market, Linux
> doesn't have marketeers in the same way.
>
> Marketing is NOT a dirty word.
>
> Mark
>
Precisely. Heck, cigarettes (tobacco) have been known to be killers
for around 40 years. Yet still they are openly sold in 99.9% of
retail outlets....
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Kevan Farmer
Linux user #373362
Staffordshire
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