No lock-in. Make it easy to switch between tools from rivals, to prove that you care about the developer and want them to try it.
can you give me an example where a company actually goes out of its way to do this ?
Unbiased, widespread public reviews of the software. Dont buy reviews. Just hand it out, let em try it and write about it. Stand on the value of the product.
how do you ensure this if you have to keep this unbiased..
Indeed such is the nature of human beings that we tend to repeat ourselves although we will be the last ones to admit it.
Every one one of us has mannerisms, pet peeves, a certain set of biased opinions etc etc that we could *perhaps* be replaced by a bot one day and no one will be wiser.
The day is not far when bots will replace the slashdot editors.. A simple program will do..
: bash microsoft once a day.
: praise linux thrice a day.
: arrange fights frequently between kde and gnome,mozilla and IE,mysql and postgres...blah..
: put the latest linux.2.5.1.0.1.0 release on the front page and wait for the trolls about how this is news.
blah blah...
and just imagine no more spelling/grammatical mistakes !
( no, this is not a troll:) )
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you should have linked the text beos to the site openbeos.org.
get more people involved.
where is the content to justify a broadband connection if you rule out the obvious mp3/divx piracy ?
There should be an upper limit on how much money a person can have. That to me is the only feasible solution to solve the problem of poverty.
Insert tastelass Slashdot-effect joke here.
:)
taste lass indeed
No lock-in. Make it easy to switch between tools from rivals, to prove that you care about the developer and want them to try it.
can you give me an example where a company actually goes out of its way to do this ?
Unbiased, widespread public reviews of the software. Dont buy reviews. Just hand it out, let em try it and write about it. Stand on the value of the product.
how do you ensure this if you have to keep this unbiased
A good product sells itself, unless ofcourse microsoft has a competing product ...
well said.
Indeed such is the nature of human beings that we tend to repeat ourselves although we will be the last ones to admit it.
Every one one of us has mannerisms, pet peeves, a certain set of biased opinions etc etc that we could *perhaps* be replaced by a bot one day and no one will be wiser.
The day is not far when bots will replace the slashdot editors .. A simple program will do ..
: bash microsoft once a day.
: praise linux thrice a day.
: arrange fights frequently between kde and gnome,mozilla and IE,mysql and postgres ...blah..
: put the latest linux.2.5.1.0.1.0 release on the front page and wait for the trolls about how this is news.
blah blah ...
and just imagine no more spelling/grammatical mistakes !
( no, this is not a troll :) )