I suspect it's more because it's not a household name. As a term, bacula is really no worse than "Windows" or "Yahoo" or "Google". People just aren't used to it.
In marketing, there is a rule: a customer must have heard of a product seven times before it becomes familiar and is considered trustworthy. That's why we are bombarded with the same ads time and over again. I do have to agree with what somebody else mentioned - the tag line "It comes by night and sucks the vital essence from your computers." may be funny when you are already sold on bacula, but a major turnoff when you need to convince somebody else. It sounds as if bacula is a danger to your network. In the end, though, most decisionmakers probably get bacula because of a recommendation rather than visiting the site, so I can simply bury this tagline very deep. Mag Gam wrote: > We are planning to implement bacula at one of our major manufacturing > plants. Is there a "professional" version of this product or something > similar to it with a different name. Our storage engineering team is > in the process of writing proposals for various solutions but they are > hesitant to use Bacula because of its name :-(. > > Any ideas if something like this exists? > > TIA > -- Kevin Keane Owner The NetTech Find the Uncommon: Expert Solutions for a Network You Never Have to Think About Office: 866-642-7116 http://www.4nettech.com This e-mail and attachments, if any, may contain confidential and/or proprietary information. Please be advised that the unauthorized use or disclosure of the information is strictly prohibited. The information herein is intended only for use by the intended recipient(s) named above. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the e-mail and any copies, printouts or attachments thereof. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
