Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 19:08:07 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash Petition (Was Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop Article) Message-ID: <20060109170807.GA28017@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <43C260D4.1040202@centtech.com> References: <ef10de9a0601090332l3093fbe3j8a6234aeb74e6d59@mail.gmail.com> <43C260D4.1040202@centtech.com>
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On 2006-01-09 07:10, Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > > I make all IT, purchasing, decisions at my company. I suspect > > most other senior IT folk also make or have strong influence > > in, purchasing, decisions at their company's. What are the > > demographics for people who use FreeBSD? I suspect a higher > > then normal percentage of senior IT folk make up the > > ranks. Here's an excellent example of the point I'm trying to > > make: Last year my company wanted to build a flash website. I > > put my foot down and said no, not everyone can use or see > > flash websites. Macromedia lost a $999 dollar sale. > > Same here - I also host several domains on a colocated server, > and I tell everyone who is getting a site done to refuse flash > for their website creation. I point them in other directions, > and cite that flash is not visible to everyone. I'm sure I've > stopped the sale of at least 10 macromedia sales, not to > mention the sites that use flash to display product information > losing business from those of us that are using a FreeBSD > desktop and want to order something online. I get frustrated, > and find another site selling the product, or skip the purchase > altogether. I have a similar aversion to all sites that force Flash on their users; especially the ones that fail miserably to implement an 'alternative' entry point. Most of the time, I just hit "Home" or "Back" and surf elsewhere.
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