Frankly after 50 years of pushing to have tools that work, I find what you people say tough to bring together and ... After all we come together here to achieve a more perfect OS and deal with a wide number of ?s Could we all benefit from using a Ubuntu Forum approach & let by gones be bygones? <br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Heiko Kokemoor <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:getting.lists@googlemail.com">getting.lists@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">> "Let your creativity fly..." in big bold letters. Later it<br> > says: "It's easy. Just...". And below that it lists: "Audio, Graphics,<br> > Video".<br> ><br> > Software development, system level tweaking, and learning Linux are<br> > mentioned NO WHERE.<br> ><br> > <devils advocate mode off><br> <br> </div><div class="im">> "General knowledge of Linux system admin, software development,<br> > understanding of xwindows, and other geeky stuff may be required before<br> > successful creativity in audio, graphics, or video can be achieved."<br> ><br> > Couldn't find it.<br> <br> <br> </div>To my mind you pointed out the most importand point, not only for Ubuntu<br> Studio, but for many products, no matter if open or closed source.<br> It's plain marketing, a lie.<br> <br> Even if you are a dedicated open source fan, normaly you don't think<br> about the way of marketing.<br> <br> But if we advertise a product as "easy and so on", then we only copy<br> closed source marketing. And perhaps it has to be the question, if this<br> is the right way.<br> Does opens source the marketing-lies of closed source?<br> <br> Even for Windows it's a lie, because this product as well can be very<br> fu..... tricky.<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> --<br> Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>