[scribus] off list Re: ! ;-)

[John Beardmore]

joseph harris wrote:
> From: "John Beardmore"

>>> And that I would not contest. But you were asking why so few took up 
>>> Scribus in the first place; the answer has to do with marketing.
>>
>> OK, but there are some people that use OSS without marketing.
> 
> Hmm. Without formal marketing maybe. But far and away the best marketing 
> is word of mouth, and other personal recommendation.

OK, but this isn't marketing in the sense of glossy boxes pushed under 
the noses of the naive public, or indeed preloading it onto the machines 
they buy.


Cheers, J/.
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