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On 08/05/2011 12:57 PM, Harry van Haaren wrote:

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> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:43 AM, rosea grammostola

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>     I am not a marketing expert, but words like 'Linux', 'FLOSS' might

>     be frightening people. 'Opensource', 'Ardour' and 'Ubuntu' (and

>     probably Creative Commons) are words which lay much better in 'the

>     market'...

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> I cannot begin to describe how much I disagree with "rebranding" what

> is being done to make it go big. Sure "open source" is a nice term,

> and "create commons" is too, but one should stand with what it is that

> your *actually doing*, and dimming it down for people getting into the

> scene is not going to improve the situation in the long run. Turning

> them into a veteran linux audio guys: that's a better goal.

To become a veteran you have to become a newbie first. When we put

LinuxMusicians.com on air, we got the same replies. But I think

LinuxMusicians.com has proven to be a nice starting platform for newbies

who explore the possibilities of Linuxaudio. For some it's a nice

pre-step for the LAU mailinglist.

I think we could do both. Helping newbies and turning people into

veteran linuxaudio guys. But both aims needs a different approach.

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> Restating: I disagree with the idea of "marketing" names for what we

> do. People will be draw to the comunity *because* of what we do, not

> because of *how we brand* what we do.

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>     The guys from LMMS for example (as other projects), could mention

>     that account when posting a message.

>     'LMMS 0.9 is out! Grab it at http://lmms.org #lmms

>     #opensourceaudio @opensourceaudio'

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> That's not a bad idea. And its being done already to some degree,

> check @linuxsound, it posts links to all LAU mails. If we done the

> same for the LAA list, that might suffice for the "Grab it here" style

> messages?

Messages @linuxsound and LAA are not very well suited for 'newbies'

imho. I would even avoid them on such a centralized twitter account.

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    On 08/05/2011 12:57 PM, Harry van Haaren wrote:
      On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:43 AM, rosea

        grammostola <rosea.grammostola@gmail.com>

        wrote:
          I am not a marketing expert, but words like 'Linux', 'FLOSS'

          might be frightening people. 'Opensource', 'Ardour' and

          'Ubuntu' (and probably Creative Commons) are words which lay

          much better in 'the market'...
          I cannot begin to describe how much I disagree with

          "rebranding" what is being done to make it go big. Sure "open

          source" is a nice term, and "create commons" is too, but one

          should stand with what it is that your *actually doing*, and

          dimming it down for people getting into the scene is not going

          to improve the situation in the long run. Turning them into a

          veteran linux audio guys: that's a better goal. 
    To become a veteran you have to become a newbie first. When we put

    LinuxMusicians.com on air, we got the same replies. But I think

    LinuxMusicians.com has proven to be a nice starting platform for

    newbies who explore the possibilities of Linuxaudio. For some it's a

    nice pre-step for the LAU mailinglist.
    I think we could do both. Helping newbies and turning people into

    veteran linuxaudio guys. But both aims needs a different approach.
          Restating: I disagree with the idea of "marketing" names for

          what we do. People will be draw to the comunity *because* of

          what we do, not because of *how we brand* what we do.
          The guys from LMMS for example (as other projects), could

          mention that account when posting a message.

          'LMMS 0.9 is out! Grab it at http://lmms.org

          #lmms #opensourceaudio @opensourceaudio'
          That's not a bad idea. And its being done already to some

          degree, check @linuxsound, it posts links to all LAU mails. If we

            done the same for the LAA list, that might suffice for the

            "Grab it here" style messages?
    Messages @linuxsound and LAA are not very well suited for 'newbies'

    imho. I would even avoid them on such a centralized twitter account.
    \r
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