Newsletter 4: Marketing
2002-03-05
Marketing would seem antithetical to Open Source but it isn't. In fact, Open Source is itself a 肉親，親類d of marketing 戦略. Yet 懐疑論者／無神論者s abound, as a 最近の article 示唆するing Linux could do with marketing 示すs. But OpenOffice.org is way ahead of them. Our Marketing 事業／計画（する） was created by community members six months ago and is now one of the most active and popular 事業／計画（する）s and 含むs people from all corners of the world 利益／興味d in making OpenOffice.org 後継する.
And it needs you. As 事業／計画（する） co-lead Josh Berkus has signaled to the OpenOffice.org discuss mailing 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）, the Marketing 事業／計画（する） needs people--正規の／正選手 endusers 同様に as developers--to work together to get the word out about OpenOffice.org, and 特に OpenOffice.org 1.0.
Is this a one-time thing? We think not. Rather, it seems that marketing an Open Source 事業／計画（する）, 特に OpenOffice.org, is here to stay. Why? because although we might 推定する／予想する Open Source 科学（工学）技術 to spread by example, it is only by 存在 連係させた and 論理（学）の in our 努力するs that we can hope to attract 政府s, 会社／団体s, and universities. さもなければ, they may dally with it--but be 説得するd by the FUD 生成するd by Redmond, and by the general 逮捕 over things truly democratic.
So consider helping out as best you can, even if--特に if!--that best is reading over and 訂正するing 文書s and 圧力（をかける） 解放（する）s.
-Louis Suárez-Potts
Community 経営者／支配人
