[ug-discuss] Re: Community Consolidation -- Marketing & UGs

[Pedro Gomez]

I have not read the thread responses, but the idea of merging Marketing with Community (specially if we are talking about an Open Source one) does not makes me happy. It is a strange thing because I do believe in that marketing  plays a role in sparking the interest of the mass, but to make it an official move is not something I would do. The community "spirit" usually is against the sales and marketing pitches. Users might want to have a place for themselves where the taste is about discussing whats going on and not that of "someone is selling me something". 

Again, I believe Marketing efforts should be present but not as a "merge" but as a "back office enabler".

Pedro
 
 
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