I have to say I agree with Cyrille here. It always made me laugh when i was in purchasing, to see our supplier's commercial guy starting his speech with "we are leader in our market". To which I always answered by asking to define me precisely what their market was (because their competitor, which i met 2 days prior said the same).
Also, the web site says beta 5 as title, whereas the text underneath speaks about the fourth beta being released and a fifth one eventually coming. Did I miss something? PierreSt On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Cyrille Berger Skott <cber...@cberger.net>wrote: > Hi, > > Since your message concerns as much the marketing message as the website, I > have taken the liberty to split my answer in two. > > Here is the part concerning the marketing message. > > That is really great and important to start thinking about it. However, I > would really like us to avoid any kind of disproportionate exagerating > message > like "the leader in free mobile office applications". That might be true, > to > some extent... First of all calligra does not have a mobile interface, > being > available on the N9 under the "Harmattan Office UI" (which is still closed > source, or did I miss something ?) is more of a victory of the engine, not > bad > in itself. Secondly, and probably more important (and very sadly), > Calligra is > only available on the N9(xx), which has a market share of a maximum of > 0.1%. > It is nowhere to be seen on a widely spread smartphome platform ie Android > (or > iPhone or Symbian). > Once it is available on Android, saying that we are the "the leader in free > mobile office applications" will have a strong echo compared to being > available > on a marginal platform. > > In my opinion, being humble is really important, especially if you consider > who is currently reading our marketting messages right now. We are mostly > talking to people who are highly informed, most of them know where Calligra > comes from, and many would labeled it as a project that makes promises but > do > not deliver. > > So saying something like "Calligra is available on a wide range of > platform, > from desktop to mobile." Or a bit more catchy, "Takes Calligra with you > everywhere you go, from your desktop to your mobile", is really fine. But > saying we are the leader in a market where we are only available to less > than > 0.1% seems too strong. > > Other than that, I agree with your list of strong points. > > -- > Cyrille Berger Skott > _______________________________________________ > calligra-devel mailing list > calligra-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/calligra-devel >
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