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| DATE | 2003-02-13 |
| FROM | From: "Stanley A. Klein"
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.
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At 12:27 PM 2/13/2003 -0500, Ruben I Safir wrote:
>But this isn't an excuse to turn the issue into one of proper use of
FedBizOps
>and so on. We're only demanding to not be interfered with in marketing FS
on it's
>merits and through our efforts.
>
>MS is not qualified to be a member of any of the panels because they are
not a distrbuter
>of FS and they are determined to prevent us from selling fairly in the
market.
>
>that is the core issue
>
>Ruben
I suppose the Clueless Ruben way to market is to get your potential
customers so pissed off at you that they won't touch what you are selling
with a 10-foot pole.
If you want to sell fairly against M$ in the government market, you have to
beat them on the merits. And one way for your potential customers to judge
the merits is to hear both sides at the same time. According to Tony's
"rant" that's what your potential customers have asked for. M$ is
qualified to be a member of a panel structured to hear both sides because
they are the principal F/OSS competitor. At least they are qualified in
the opinion of the conference committee, which is the only entity qualified
to judge panel member qualifications.
This conference is what its conference committee makes it, a conference
committee that includes direct or indirect representatives of many (if not
all) of your potential federal government customers. That doesn't seem to
be what you want. If you want a different conference, organize one.
In the mean time, keep on pissing off your potential customer base and see
where it gets you and everybody else in the F/OSS community.
BTW, did you know that a significant opportunity for F/OSS has occurred
because M$ has been pissing off *its* customer base? There is an old
political adage: Never interfere with your opponents when they are in the
process of destroying themselves. This is a time when being the nice,
polite, respectful guy has its advantages. But that seems to be something
that you, Clueless Ruben, the Great Brooklyn Fount of Political and
Marketing Savvy, wouldn't know about.
Stan Klein
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