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How Not To Sell Linux Products

Posted by timothy on from the user-interfaces-suck-near-universally dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Roblimo looks at why so many Linux products fail in the marketplace, and decides it's not because Linux users want everything free, but because most products they're asked to buy are either poorly marketed or don't work well. He has some good advice for anyone trying to sell stuff to Linux users, except it really applies to *all* computer products, not just Linux." (NewsForge and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.)

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  1. So you're saying.. by Idealius · · Score: 0, Troll

    free Linux apps are better than commercial Linux apps showing that the Linux architecture is flawed by it's very nature.

    It's hard to say: Are the free programmers gifted coders, or are the commercial coders just REALLY bad ..?

  2. Re:I wont pay for software by 110010001000 · · Score: 0, Troll

    What about them? I won't pay for that software either. Mod me down, but I WILL NOT PAY FOR SOFTWARE, and you shouldn't either. Software should be available for free for all people.

  3. Re:OMFG THAT"S SO FUNNY!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    i just noticed this was marked redundant. i didn't see anyone else mention that they may have shat themself, so I assume this moderation means that it was just obvious that every shat themselves. i simply didn't realize that everyone found the original post as clever and hilarious as i did.