I don't have statistics for you, but you (and your friends) might be even
more surprised by how many potential users lost.

A side note though, not just applied to Linux but also to those "supporters"
of their beloved product/company.

Same effects.

But the question is, you are the one(s) at disadvantageous and have lesser
to loss. Take it or leave it but it's well intended.





"Alias" <iamaliasTAKETHIS@OUTgmail.com> wrote in message
news:h2kh0v$554$3@news.eternal-september.org...[color=blue]
> xfile wrote:[color=green]
>> 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.
>
> Alias[/color]