On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 19:36 +0100, Nick Copeland wrote: > > I wonder how we could evangelize Linux Audio more effectively to the > > outside world? > > Linux audio needs marketing, it needs to get some editorial space > (which is > basically free advertising) that says the platform and tools are where > people > should maybe consider being. > > Now the Harrison boys might have some reason to do that but I doubt > it, ie, > they have a marketing budget but I don't think that will be for > promoting the > Linux product line. > > It might be possible to poll/harass/promote linux audio with some of > the audio > magazines and see if anybody wants to pick up the story and run with > it. I only > rarely read these and their current focus may be away from free > platforms and > into apps at the moment. > > After that, if their attention can be grabbed, somebody has to decide > what to > present. That will be difficult. Corporate marketing messages are all > about > focusing on the current developments, the differentiators and the > message > that the company wants to take to the market. The rather anarchic > Linux > Audio community might not have a single coherent message that they > want > to be brought across: what does Linux Audio have to offer? Read that > statement carefully, it is not intended as a challenge as I think > linux audio > has a lot to offer however that has to be packaged into a 'nugget', a > single > message that goes out to the market. > > Regards, nick. Tape Op Magazine is going to do a Behind The Gear piece on Paul and Ardour, but it's going to be a bit down the road. But I agree, making music with linux is at a pretty high level of maturity, and I think many people would use if if they knew about it. Ricardus... _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
