On Sun, April 22, 2012 2:55 pm, lau@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > On 04/21/2012 11:13 PM, Patrick Shirkey wrote: >> Do other people here have any strong opinions on the usefulness of >> advertising in the Linux Audio community? > > My company hosts a Linux-related documentation site that uses about 25GB > of bandwidth per month, and I have a no-advertising policy (not even a > plug for my own company). It works for my company and the project we > host, much as vt.edu's hosting of linuxaudio.org has worked until now. > Considering that most server companies are offering 500Gb to 1TB of monthly bandwidth for less than $20/month it's hardly breaking the bank for you to give them some space. > I wouldn't do anything for 50 bucks a year, myself, much less change > hosting arrangements just to make an extra 50 bucks a year, but I guess > we all have a price. If you seriously are trying to suggest that I think Linux Audio is worth $50 then you must have been ignoring my rants for the past several years. > I can't believe you would be getting this worked up > over so little money... unless your plan is for that to be merely the > foot in the door, which seems likely based on your vehemence. > The point of canvasing for opinions is to get an idea of what other people round here think of advertising in relation to Linux Audio. There is a completely seperate discussion happening around the Consortium Policy on Advertising. But as usual some people seem to be unable to make the distinction. I am definitely annoyed at the response that the LAO folks have chosen to run with. But that doesn't change my direction. I just find it hard to believe that they are so adamantly against the whole idea of advertising. I find it extremely hypocritical, irrational and short sighted. > As a user, though? Knock yourself out, buddy, I've got Adblock Plus and > Greasemonkey. I wouldn't see your ad more than once regardless. > Well, as much as I would love for everyone in this community to click on any ads that are served on sites I run, the few thousand existing Linux Audio users are not my target audience. I seek to grow the platform and make a decent return off the much larger global market of people who haven't made it here yet. To be successful we need approximately 100,000 unique hits /month. With that kind of traffic we can expect to receive at least $250 from Google ads and the sky is the limit with bespoke advertising for targeted placements. Without a doubt AVID and companies that seek to sustain the old system are my competitors in this space. I seek to topple their precarious financial positions by taking them out at the foundations. Although it won't be easy as they seem to be able to print as much money as they want in order to sustain their massive debt. At some point interest rates will catch up with them and they won't be able to service the interest so they will have no other choice but to declare bankruptcy. At that point the media that depends on the AVID cash cow will be hard pressed to sustain their massive overheads and that should drive other companies and users towards the Linux platform where we will be waiting for them with open arms... -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
