RE: [kidsgames] Dorling Kindersley

["Brian & Carrie Thompson" <cbthomp@earthlink.net>]

Perhaps the answer is setting up a survey on the web site for software that
is already available and using the information collected to 'prove' the
need/want of good linux games.  I do agree that there is some good
educational software already available and that the only purpose of the
group should be to develope more.  I am certain that we have the ability
collectively to do a better job than any one commercial organization, but we
might even be able to get their help/money if they truly believe in
education.

															Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-kidsgames@smluc.org [mailto:owner-kidsgames@smluc.org]On
> Behalf Of Doug Loss
> Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 7:28 AM
> To: kidsgames@smluc.org
> Subject: Re: [kidsgames] Dorling Kindersley
>
>
> robin.c.smith@bt.com wrote:
> >
> > I want to start putting pressure on Dorling Kindersley for them to port
> > their eductational software to Linux.
> [...]
> >
> > Any ideas how we can petition them and show that there is a
> demand for these
> > products?
> >
> I wrote a mini-HOWTO a while ago about advocating ports of commercial
> software.  You can find it here:
>
<http://www.seul.org/pub/howto/cpah.html>

It's due for an update when I finally get some more free time by
eliminating sleep from my daily schedule entirely.  Seriously, I have a
few changes to put into it in the next few weeks, but nothing major.  A
friend of mine (Roman Kirsanow, who has posted here before) tells me
that he thinks that the most potent persuader we could have for
commercial companies would be a comprehensive bit of market research
showing that there _is_ a significant market for Linux versions of
various products.  I haven't a clue on how to do that research, but I
think he's probably right.

--
Doug Loss                 The difference between the right word and
Data Network Coordinator  the almost right word is the difference
Bloomsburg University     between lightning and a lightning bug.
dloss@bloomu.edu                Mark Twain
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