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gOS: A wake up call for Free Software marketing

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"Think gOS. It might not be such a bad advice after all. It's been hyped up, but it sold out. And there may be lessons in its deployment and success for all of us Free Software and GNU/Linux advocates!"

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tracyanne ·
Quoting:And that is the key point I want to make. Among the key things that Free Software today lacks from the point of view of those who seek to increase its adoption is good marketing. There is nothing wrong in marketing freedom. Who says that just because we are talking about promoting some ethical values and freedom it automatically isn't something that can be honestly and ethically promoted through that old capitalist method: marketing? Why does it always have to be activism?

If there is a product. If there is a service. If there is an idea. Even if it is about freedom, in a world which responds most to marketing - that is exactly the way to bring it to the people, to the masses. It's a method that is staring us in the face. It's time to stop judging it off and learn how to use it!

Now, if you are a developer who is enthusiastic about doing something that would help promote Free Software far and wide, consider a new project: gOS with no proprietary software and no references to centralized proprietary applications. Oh and of course, a different name - a short easy to remember excitement inspiring name. Not like gNewSense. Yes. I did say that.

Think about marketing your Freedomware if you care to bring the masses to the equation, or find someone who can!
gus3 ·
Can the Debian Social Contract be framed as a marketing tool?
hkwint ·
Speaking about marketing, isn't there a kind of 'Free Software' or 'OSI Open Source' stamp / label / certificate or so? That would be nice to prevent certain companies from misusing these terms.

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