Fwd: Inquiry - General marketing questions from a student of international business

[Alex Maier]

Hey folks,

I have received this inquiry and tried to respond to it as good as I
could--mind helping me out a bit?

Thanks,
a

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Patrick Windt <paddy.windt at gmail.com>
Date: Mar 20, 2006 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: Inquiry - General marketing questions from a student of
international business
To: Alex Maier <lxmaier at gmail.com>


Dear mrs. Maier,

So if I get this right, seeing that you are indeed head of marketing,
the fedora marketing team focusses their attention on promotion. Is
Fedora Core not adapted to fit the needs of it's members, by lets say
a broad survey, or is it estimated what the target audience wants?

Does the fedora marketing team have any firm strategic or operational
targets to obtain?

I'm mostly interested in fedora's marketing strategy since it is very
much different from a regular company. It is indeed non profitable and
you do not have a tangible item.

Friendly greetings,

Patrick


On 3/20/06, Alex Maier <lxmaier at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Patrick,
>
> Thank you very much for your inquiry. I lead the Ambassadors project,
> and this is what I can speak for :)
>
> The Ambassadors project is a grass-roots initiative mostly centered
> around "getting the word out" to the people outside the Fedora project
> and also helping Fedora Project communicate with Fedora and Linux
> community.
>
> If you have any more questions, please feel free to get in touch with
> me or the entire Steering Committee (Famsco) for more help.
>
> Thank you very much for your interest in Fedora,
> Alex
>
> On 3/18/06, Patrick Windt <paddy.windt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear mrs. Maier,
> >
> > As an international marketing student, I was wondering in what aspects the
> > marketing department of "fedora" is integrated in the final product release.
> > Or is the marketing of fedora solely based on "getting the word out" ?
> >
> > I would love to get some insight in the marketing plan of Fedora...
> >
> > --
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Patrick Windt
> > paddy.windt at gmail.com
>
>
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Kind regards,

Patrick Windt
paddy.windt at gmail.com

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