[OT]Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-10 Thread Miles Fidelman
Weaver wrote: Nick Lidakis writes: Are there other tool I can use to avoid using facebook? Why not just set up a Web site for your business? Then if you find that you absolutely _must_ be on FaceBook set up a FaceBook account that contains little more than a link to your Web site. Much better

Re: [OT] Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-10 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:09 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Nick Lidakis wrote: > >> Are there other tool I can use to avoid using facebook? I did find out >> about and someone else mentioned about Diaspora. It's considered >> decentralized social networking. But can I use some other software to let >

[OT] Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
Nick Lidakis wrote: Are there other tool I can use to avoid using facebook? I did find out about and someone else mentioned about Diaspora. It's considered decentralized social networking. But can I use some other software to let people know about specials, events, etc., without using things l

Re: [OT] Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-05 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 05 February 2012 13:02:35 Nuno Magalhães wrote: > OP oughta focus on intended audience first, then he'll know which means to > use. +1 I think that the intended (or hoped for) clientele is very significant; as also is the type of business: repeat or new every time. We have a local sma

[OT] Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-05 Thread Robert Brockway
On Sun, 5 Feb 2012, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Du, 05 feb 12, 12:30:05, Robert Brockway wrote: One of the best pieces of business advice I ever received was this: "Don't sell what you like. Sell what people will buy". While it may be good business advice isn't it hypocrisy to sell a product

Re: [OT] Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-05 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:02:35 +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:27, Camaleón wrote: >> And what's make you think open source projects cannot ask for money? I >> see nothing wrong there. I prefer a company or a project is transparent >> enough to say, "hey, we need $$$ to put

Re: [OT] Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-05 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:27, Camaleón wrote: > And what's make you think open source projects cannot ask for money? I > see nothing wrong there. I prefer a company or a project is transparent > enough to say, "hey, we need $$$ to put this working" and ask for it. Diaspora started as a free-for-a

Re: [OT] Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-05 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:13:58 +, Nuno Magalhães wrote: > On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:20, Camaleón wrote: >> Identi.ca and DIASPORA*, the >> open counterparts for Internet socializing. > > Don't know about identi.ca, but disaspora started asking for money even > before lauch, did they get to act

Re: [OT] Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-05 Thread Nuno Magalhães
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:20, Camaleón wrote: > Identi.ca and DIASPORA*, the > open counterparts for Internet socializing. Don't know about identi.ca, but disaspora started asking for money even before lauch, did they get to actually leave beta-stage? People who care about their privacy might mo

[OT] Re: GNU/Debian Linux vs. facebook, Twitter and other proprietary social media

2012-02-05 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:26:25 -0500, Nick Lidakis wrote: > I hope this isn't too off topic for this list but smart people lurk > about these parts. It is a bit off-topic, indeed :-) > In a nutshell, my wife and I starting a small business in a family > oriented neighborhood. We're serving coffee,