Re: [boost] [home page] Marketing?

From: Bertolt Mildner (Bertolt.Mildner_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-02 10:07:58

"David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ud5q29y8h.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
> Peter Simons <simons_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> > Martin Wille writes:
> >
> >  > Sorry disappoint you, but, frankly, "So download" <insert
> >  > product here> "and start enjoying it" is exactly the kind
> >  > of text I _never_ want to read in anything supposed to
> >  > provide information.
> >
> > I wanted to say the say the exact same thing, Martin. I couldn't
> > care less about having a link to "collected appeals to authority"
> > on the front page. I use the Boost libraries for technical
> > reasons, not because Bjarne Stroustrup (reportedly) uttered a
> > fancy one-liner about them at one point.
>
> You don't think we'll draw new users because Scott Meyers has
> recommended that people familiarize themselves with Boost?

Yes and no!

People get _aware_ of Boost this way.

But they start useing it because it helps them to solve a problem!

Bertolt

PS: Boost.org enables you to use bleeding edge technology without ending in
a bloodbath.