[Mageia-discuss] Wish List

[andré]

Marc Paré a écrit :
>
> Le 2010-10-03 15:30, Robert Wood a écrit :
>>> Actually, Ubuntu's naming convention is perfect for their target
>>> market, there
>>> must be something right about it because it certainly hasn't hurt
>>> their market
>>> share.
>>>
>>> Besides which doing something because of a negative attitude is not a
>>> good
>>> idea. We should learn from there mistakes and make sure we don't
>>> repeat them
>>> rather than trying to avoid what was patently successful for them. :)
>>
>> I don't think it necessarily follows though that they are successful due
>> to that naming convention. They might do even better were it not so naff
>> a scheme. ;~)
>>
>
> If anything that Ubuntu is good at, it is to market their brand. They 
> make sure consistently that their name is in some kind of media 
> corner, and, as often as possible. I also don't think that their 
> naming convention has too much to do with this. It is mostly due to 
> their marketing knowledge and timing.
>
> Marc
I agree.  And certainly not due to their drab brown theme colour, either.
Bottomless pockets for advertising and promotion doesn't hurt any ...

- André (andre999)