On Tuesday 25 August 2020 10:04:59 am William Morder via trinity-users wrote: > On Tuesday 25 August 2020 07:28:25 Michael wrote: > > On Sunday 23 August 2020 08:11:07 pm Slávek Banko wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > before we get back to earlier discussions, let me take a little trip > > > into history and summarize how the state of the project has evolved > > > over time and what are the tasks that await us. > > > > My thought is this needs to be on the Wiki at the very least. > > > > Yeah, okay, it airs some dirty laundry, but my basic understanding of > > user buy in (product adoption) is that people* are more inclined to try a > > product that does not use smoke and mirror marketing. > > You mean people like ourselves, enlightened sages, philosopher kings, > self-realized adepts of the mystical path of Linux. Yes, yes! Like us! > The vast majority of people want it dumbed-down to point-and-click > convenience, and would rather not think at all. They're not all bad, I know some really good and kind people in that category. Although it’s sometimes hard to hold a decent conversation with them :( > It is important to identify one's target audience, which in this case > means, not everybody indiscriminately. It is certainly open to everybody, > but not everybody can appreciate why TDE rocks; it takes some work and > self-education. > > > Best, > > Michael > > > > * People <strikeout>who aren’t dumb asses</strikeout> who have decent > > intelligence. Not sure there is a PC way to say this? > > alternative synonyms for your <strikeout>forbidden thought</strikeout>: > > * a few cards short of a full pack > * missing some marbles > * not firing on all cylinders > * cannot buy a clue (or even rent one) > * effin eedjits > > I believe the clinical term is Acute Scatoencephalitis. > > Bill Roflmao, hmmm, I see you've experience these people yourself. And that last term, ah, thanks Bill, needed some humor in my day... PS: I don’t think any of yours qualified as PC either :( --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
