On 23/09/06, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Hello Krish,
ah, just was wondering why u were keeping quite.
Your strategy for promoting linux is too focused on attacking M$. Forget MS and its usage. Promote linux purely on its own strengths and to people who *deserve* linux.
wrong, I have clearly said I am not against any one personally. but the point is I am trying to seek out points and tips to market nothing but the truth. and I am aware that doing this is a big task. may be we might perhaps never be able to touch certain sectores and wont be allrounders like M$.
Just as any marketing strategy, first be very clear on what you exactly want to offer to your clients and what can you actually offer.
I suppose I made it very clear. make people believe in the concept of free software and convince them that windows or similar products actually will harm them if not now then in the short future. that's why I am trying to find out impressive points that can be put forth to the clients except names of big companys. because it is a wrong notion that these big companies are doing r and d with linux and not using them for real work. till this concept of "windows is for real work and linux is just trial and research" does not go, we can't do any thing about it.
The hardware guys who do AMCs for the clients are not your target, so don't bother about their opinion. Keep yourself ready for anti-linux barbs and jabs and be clear in your response.
roni, here the matter is not really of clear response. every one claims that by telling clients who uses linux will convince them for example. but that does not happen. rather than being clear, we will also have to be a bit tat full and clever. because even when I am clear with my response and speaking the pure truth, I fail to convince the people just for a simple reason I told you over the phone in the morning. they don't want me to take over their clients because even those hardware guys know that once I put linux on machines they are loosing clients. so rather I will put your point in a different way. we must actually care what the hardware guys say and find some points due to which rather than me, the customer himself should care a dam for his hardware guys openion. that will boost our chances of at least once installing linux some where in the clients work space on any of the computers. and yes no matter what u tell them, they will say "I never herd about this product and no one I heard uses it".
Provide maximum examples of existing linux systems to shut your opponents up.
again, this is not proving as effective as it can. roni, this seams to be a common thing people are telling me. I think in that case, may be I am not doing some thing right. I will perhaps request some of you guys to help me out in this and roni in particular. may be what jtd suggested will be a nice thing. trap a few people in with nascom and then show those cases to people and create fear, uncertainty and doubt in their minds. or at least say so that such things can happen.
If you see a market for porting foxpro based solutions onto linux, then on your laptop, create a working demo of the same and show it to your potential clients so there is minimum talk and maximum presentation.
wow, again that's a wonderful suggestion. that may perhaps put one point streight through. as is claimed that linux can't work on real businesses, if I use your idea that may partially set the cat amongst the pejans in the hardware guys. because once I show them that their software can work on linux, they are rest ashured that linux is a serious and professional desktop that can be used for business. so although fear is not gone, uncertainty will surely go. once we demonstrate that, then may be we will find out the ways to convince them that this is much stable and secured. but as you rightly said they must at least see one thing in real to believe my words. so running their software is wonderful. thanks for the suggestion roni.
Avoid disrupting the client's working setup. You are a salesman selling a product, not a concept, so be ready with your product.
no, freedom of IT is also a concept and linux a product. and we need to convince the people that this is a new concept.
Krishnakant.