Re: should we ship iceweasel (firefox) on the first cd?
cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis) wrote:
Well here's some commercial thinking 101: focus on your strengths not your
weaknesses when pitching your product.
So get the conversion to go something like the following:
Q: What browser are you using?
A: We use premier standards-compliant browser that builds on the firefox
core with some improvents and that supports <long list of standards>.
Q: Ok
Thanks for the selling lesson, although the potential customer will have
left the room long before you are able to finish your long list of
standards.
Please note the difference:
Q: What browser are you using?
A: Firefox.
Q: Ok.
Principle:
5. A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an
opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on
the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of
conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person
^^^^^^^^^^^^
of no principle.
[1913 Webster]
Setting aside a core principle just for convenience puts at risk the whole
foundation on which the project is build. It requires you to either be a
hyppocrite, or change your principles. I don't think either of those
options would be in the best (longterm) interest of the project.
"These are my principles. If you don't like them, I have others."
(Groucho Marx)
Halvor
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