Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 02, 2005 03:24 AM
I disagree with this entirely. GNU/Linux didn't become what it is today by adhering to anybody's schedule. Linus doesn't think like a marketer; he thinks like an engineer trying to get the best product with the least effort. Like he said, he released 2.6 when it was ready, not when everyone wanted it.
The minute you start letting the "marketing" side (however you make that side) dictate the release schedule, your product is no longer released by engineers - it's a marketing product. The minute marketing touches an item, it becomes tainted by releases before they're ready or delayed security fixes. Just look at MS - marketing says "release XP now" and 2 years later we FINALLY have the default enabled firewall. (Which should have been in there in 98, but that's a different story.)
Anyway, I think the people that are trying to make OSS more "marketable" have the wrong mindset - you will never defeat MS/Apple/any corporation with your (in comparison) pitiful marketing efforts. In contrast, you should work on making the product the best technology. Then you don't have to waste money on marketing - the product speaks for itself.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 02, 2005 03:24 AMThe minute you start letting the "marketing" side (however you make that side) dictate the release schedule, your product is no longer released by engineers - it's a marketing product. The minute marketing touches an item, it becomes tainted by releases before they're ready or delayed security fixes. Just look at MS - marketing says "release XP now" and 2 years later we FINALLY have the default enabled firewall. (Which should have been in there in 98, but that's a different story.)
Anyway, I think the people that are trying to make OSS more "marketable" have the wrong mindset - you will never defeat MS/Apple/any corporation with your (in comparison) pitiful marketing efforts. In contrast, you should work on making the product the best technology. Then you don't have to waste money on marketing - the product speaks for itself.
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