Re: IMPORTANT: A temporary list for Strategic Marketing

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> I have been doing open source development for a long time but we are
> not talking about DEVELOPMENT.
> We are talking about MARKETING.

I believe that the ideas of open-source software do not only apply to
writing the software itself.  The key aspects of open source,
scalability, quality, freedom, community, apply to all aspects of the
project.  Of course, there can be project teams or discussions behind
closed doors, but that doesn't change the overall idea of running
things in public.

I know that in this case no one was actually planning to do anything in
secret, but participants need to understand that this is a public
project and everyone will have an opinion -- not only on the software,
but on everything that goes on around it -- and is entitled to voice
it.

If people cannot deal with that -- and that is perfectly understandable
-- then they have two options:

(a) present us with facts and hope we accept them without many
arguments, or

(b) let us work out the details and tell them what to do.

The option proposed here,

(c) briefly divert everyone's attention to have a focussed discussion

does not work very well. :-)