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  From: James Leone <linuxcpa@netscape.net>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 02:54:20 -0800

Lindows President Vents a Bit

In a thread responding to Lindows doing a better job at PR, this was said:

> Lindows needs to start answering the rumers more effectivly.
>
> What value would that provide?
>
> 1. It takes time to try and stomp out rumors. I couldn't agree with 
> Sir Winston Churchill more.
>
> "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to 
> get its pants on." Sir Winston Churchill
>
> 2. Even when they hear the truth, some people don't like the fact that 
> we're a commercial enterprise. They don't like that we're letting more 
> people (WalMart shoppers even! For horror!!!) into the club. How many 
> Democrats do you know who are swayed with Republican rhetoric? It 
> would for the most part be a waste of our time and breath.
>
> 3. The time we'd spend in TRYING to "answer the rumors" would be taken 
> away from us doing any real work. Me even typing this response pulls 
> me away from something that would be far more productive to taking 
> Linux to the masses. Wouldn't you rather I was helping make LindowsOS 
> better than typing this response? I know I would. I wouldn't bother 
> with this comment elsewhere, but I make it here out of respect for 
> keeping OUR customers informed.
>
> 4. Even if we did invest the time to "answer the rumors," and 
> Lindows.com got every dollar ever spent by "the community" for a Linux 
> desktop OS, we do NOT have a business. Mandrake + Lycoris + SuSE + 
> Xandros + Insert Linux Desktop OS here = Not enough in revenue to 
> support a business. It's the 95% of people who have never seen or 
> touched Linux where the real opportunity lies. While others were 
> bickering over this unbelievably silly nonsense, we released our 
> Educational Licensing program, the MP3.com Edition, and the Lindows 
> Media Computer. Now, which do you think WalMart cares more about?
>
> 5. The summit is SOLD OUT. A few companies dropped out, but more 
> main-stream companies (Epson, Earthlink, Tech TV, etc. were happy to 
> take their place.
>
> Look at all the cool booths that will be at the summit...
>
>
> Fonts
> Books
> Laptops
> Web Filtering
> Virus Protection
> Internet Service Providers
> Printing
> Games
> Graphics Editing
> Training
> Software Applications
> Media PCs
> Operating Systems
> Magazines
> Desktop PCs
> Music
> Migration
> QA
> Tablet PCs
> Office Suites
> Education
> Installing Applications
> USB Devices
> Networking
> Hot Swapable Drives
> Cool Linux Devices
>
>
> We don't compete in the vast majority of these areas, and yet that's 
> what people will walk away from knowing about Linux who attend the show.
>
> And as I have already stated, it was NOT Michael who insisted he be 
> the keynote speaker. That was ME. His message fits with the theme of 
> this summit. The fact that I've explained this already, but many 
> didn't get that message, just proves how hard it is to educate people 
> about things. Look at how many people still talk about LindowsOS 
> running MS Windows programs, something we stopped messaging months ago.
>
> Educating the masses about something takes time, money, energy, and 
> resources. We would much rather spend those resources on educating the 
> masses about how cool Linux is, not answering our critics who will 
> probably never agree with anything we do.
>
> Kevin 



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