xfile wrote:[color=blue]
> Associate: People purchased a product/service because they wished to
> associate with the image delivered by the spokesperson (and the majority
> of other users).
>
> Disassociate: People refused to purchase a particular product/service
> because they didn't want to be associated with the image delivered by
> the spokesperson (and the majority of other users).
>
> Negative campaign: Almost always initiated by a person/company feeling
> insecure about their position in the market, and almost always from a
> 2nd-, or even lower, tier competitor targeting to the leader, and NOT
> vice versa. Most well-trained decision makers can tell this very well.
>
> Foolish: Anyone insults a potential/existing customer just to show how
> good this person is (or how stupid the customer is by purchasing a
> different/wrong product) at the cost of the customer to disassociate
> with the image represented by the person, and thus, may not continue to
> use the product or even consider it.
>
> Many people purchased a product not for technical features but for the
> above reason. So,
>
> You ask, why people don't want to use Linux? I ask, why you (as a
> messenger, a.k.a. unofficial spokesperson) keep doing this even you have
> been advised many times?[/color]

I don't post for the regulars here who hate Linux. I post for the
lurkers. You'd be surprised at how many emails I get from people who are
interested in Ubuntu but would never post here due to the likes of Frank
and the Nymshifter.

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