Hi,
I've been following the talk about Lazarus' visibility, and marketing.
There is a VERY important fact you must be aware of:
The number of Free Pascal and Lazarus developers is VERY SMALL.
What is more, this is a HOBBY, not their source of income.
(Although probably some of us would like it to be so.)
This cannot be stressed enough:
We barely have time to keep developing Lazarus/FPC.
Therefore, if there is to be some kind of effort for promoting lazarus
and free pascal, it must come from the USERS, i.e. YOU.
It doesn't matter what it is:
- Revamp the website
- Create a new portal site
- Make more noise
- Create more documentation for the LCL
- Create better/more components.
- Create a 'master plan'.
This is a long-term engagement. We're not talking about 3 weeks of work here.
We work -mostly silently- since almost 10 years on Free Pascal. If we are where
we
are today, it is because we worked on the compiler, not on "marketing".
And because it is such a long-term thing: Do not underestimate the importance
of a good and coherent team. It is not always easy to find a path which
everyone
agrees on.
Conslusion ?
Marketing - Yes. But:
- by YOU.
- In a long-term engagement. Otherwise it is of no use.
Needless to say, the 'core teams' will assist in any effort in this direction.
Michael.
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