@aral IMHO helping sites like http://www.fsf.org communicate their message would be a fab place to start, the site is atrocious!
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@stevepurkiss Unfortunately, I’ve found the fsf folks very unapproachable and set in their ways. You’d have to convince them first. -
@aral heh you'll find that everywhere in free software, just got do do it anyway, everyone just preoccupied scratching their own itches -
@stevepurkiss Hence why I decided making a phone would be easier than trying to reform old-school free software/open source culture :) -
@aral it will take many approaches, I like the http://freedomboxfoundation.org stuff too. But mostly it will take marketing! -
@stevepurkiss You can’t market a turd (goodness knows Microsoft tries)—the first step is actually making a product that can compete on UX :) -
@aral my definition of marketing is connecting a product to its market, which is what you are doing with the open phone -
@stevepurkiss My point is that we don’t have any open products that can compete in the consumer market yet; we need to make them first :) - 1 more reply
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@aral I'm not sure I see the http://apple.com memorial as particularly classy but can't argue against the Microsoft misstep -
@thisislawatts It’s authentic. And it shows. Microsoft wouldn’t know authenticity if it repeatedly slapped it in the face with a wet fish. -
@aral Again can't argue against Microsoft! But I struggle with brands racing to align themselves to such outstanding characters. -
@thisislawatts That’s the thing. I don’t think for a moment that that’s why the folks at Apple did it. I believe it is genuine.
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@aral Is it just me or does that scroogled site contain several outright lies too?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral as soon as you have to market by what competitors don't have you know your product is crap! It's smacks of desperationThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aral so trueThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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