[Typo3] Some feedback to TYPO3 marketeers

[Christopher]

On 15/10/05, Dimitri Tarassenko <mitka at mitka.us> wrote:
> Christopher,
>
> On 10/15/05, Christopher <bedlamhotel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > software?!); the organization that issued the rfp would _itself_
> > almost indubitably have preferred _not_ to use software authored in
> > part by a developer who didn't share their aims...I could go on.
>
> Then maybe the software in question _could_ experience wider adoption
> if this developer kept his beliefs to himself? That's exactly the
> point Simon was making, but for some reason you "couldn't understand
> why"  would this "contribute to some image problem". I am glad it is
> now clear, thank you, my friend.
>


Nothing of the sort is clear; these arguments of yours are still very
flimsy. That Typo3 -- or any software with the possible exception of
Windows -- could be more widely adopted is trivially obvious. That
Typo3 -- or any software -- needs to be adopted by any and every
organization that _could_ adopt it, is just as obviously false. There
is plenty of room for Typo3 to spread in [the gigantic market in]
North America no matter how many people reject it on these grounds.

The point that the original poster made was that Kasper's polite
request may turn some people off using Typo3. In the context of the
supposed difficulty of marketing Typo3 to North American users, this
is almost surely irrelevant. Again, just as Typo3 is no more difficult
to install in Germany than in North America, I do not think it's
reasonable to believe that this is a _remotely_ significant factor in
the growth of the American, Canadian or Mexican Typo3 communities any
more than it has been in Germany or Scandinavia.

Just looking around, I see far more people and organizations choosing
not to use Typo3 & similar software on the bizarre grounds that it's
open-source than I have ever seen or known to reject Typo3 on the
basis of this very, very minor issue...


-Christopher


PS - sorry, Dimitri, about the unnecessary 'troll' remark; I just
don't get how this is such a problem...