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I'm not giving a specific solution, but i'm pointing a fact that i think it's interesting to discuss:
Many people are suspicious about general quality of implementation, even when everything works flawessly. A good example is audio. Even when audio cards work well under Ubuntu, some (audiophiles, etc) think the sound will always be better with Windows because the oficial proprietary driver should sound better than the opensource ones. Other example: users usually choose Mac for multimedia tasks, because it's "powerful and stable" for multimedia. Although it may be generally true, there is a lot of marketing envolved.
So, let's "advertise" and give proof of the true potencial of Ubuntu and it's quality.
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Auzy
wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 14:57
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I agree with you, even though its a bad example (ie. Many people are using X-fi's which aren't supported well)
But yeah, marketing does help. I certainly agree
But users still have to wait up to 6months for a new distro release, to sometimes be able to install ubuntu on their computer. I am in that situation, 8.04 is the only way I'll get out of that. Until thats fixed, I'm not sure we should be marketting at all. We need to get our priorities right first. If ubuntu wont run on newer hardware, advertising now will only backfire. We have to get our stuff right first, before attracting new users, or they will have trouble the first time, and never return. Think long term.
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Audiophiles are stupid. They want to be be special, so they imagine stuff and place-bo effects. They think that a 384 kbit/s MP3 sounds better than a 320 kbit/s MP3.
They buy silly cables that cost $2500/meter and think it sounds better than a cable that cost $8/meter.
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cmittle
wrote on the 17 Mar 08 at 16:27
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If someone has convinced themselves of certain things there is no sense in trying to change their mind. The individual has to be open for change in order to ever except it. If a customer only buys x brand and has convinced themselves that it is a superior product for some reason you will be hard pressed to change their mind.
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ralleal
wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 17:17
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Auzy: I agree the example isn't the best, but even considering the audio cards that are fully suported, there are still many that question themselves if the quality is that good. Even I found myself questioning that sometimes.
Eldamnnen: I agree, some Audiophiles (all?) are heavly influenced by marketing. I love music and always try to have good (but very affordable) sound equipment, but I believe the human hearing is not that precise, varies largely from person to person, and not all recordings are high-quality ones, so IMO there's no point of having a "perfect" and expensive sound system if no one could hear the diference
cmittle: Yes, some people don't change their mind, and those are hopeless, but there are a lot of people who are just waiting for some info to make their mind. They don't have a true opinion yet, they just think that proprietary (and other OSes) may be better, but don't really know why (besides gaming, which is still a strong argument). I think those are the true "target" for the "marketing" I'm talking about. I talked with a lot of people who didn't know about Linux and Ubuntu, but were very interested in trying because I let them know about the advantages and quality (and weaknesses too, obviously).
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"Free" will always sound suspicious. It's a natural consequence of the dangerous world we once lived in.
To counter this, we need to prove it's worth. Ubuntu can look good. I was once asked "How much does it cost?".
@Audiophiles: To jump on the audiophile-bashing bandwagon, these people think vacuum tubes sound better than transistors (?).
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