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| DATE | 2003-02-13 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Re: eGovOS conference in D.C.
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>
> If you want to sell fairly against M$ in the government market, you have to
> beat them on the merits.
Really
If marketing can be won on Merits, then how did MS's products become dominant
in the first place?
Stanly, you have far too much paractical experience in the world to believe this.
And if not, I underestimated you as an individual.
Reuvain
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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