by Dave | Mar 28, 2009 | Improving Apps
It may be that now you’re thinking “Wow, I need to e-mail my users!” Yet, because of the way the Linux app community works, it’s extremely likely you only know a few actual users of your app. There may be thousands of users out there that have...
by Dave | Jan 28, 2009 | Improving Apps
How often do you contact users of your app? No, I don’t mean your developer mailing list. Not even your “user help” mailing list. How often do you send an e-mail to your users- just to say hi and give them a hug? Here’s a great example. Things...
by Dave | May 28, 2002 | Starting Out with Linux
The simplest reason that your computer probably has Windows on it is because everyone else’s does, too. It’s called ubiquity. And Microsoft has it. I do not think Microsoft is inherently evil. I do think it is a monopoly. But, in a way, that is to be...
by Dave | Mar 7, 2002 | Improving Apps
For Linux to succeed on the desktop, it needs to win only one more battle. This battle is to win over the non-geeks. Linux, though it pains me to say it, is still pretty tricky, if not difficult. I think if I invited my brothers at home to install it, I’d be...
