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| DATE | 2019-11-05 |
| FROM | Brandon Invergo
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Is negative publicity always harmful? (was:
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Dmitry Alexandrov writes:
> Sandra Loosemore wrote:
>> The absolute worst thing the public-facing representative of *any*
>> organization can do is bring negative publicity to the organization
>> about things that are irrelevant or contrary to the organization's
>> mission.
>
> I=CA=BCm afraid, you conflated two points. Publicity that undermine the
> core competency of an organization =E2=80=94 yes, is perhaps is the most
> harmful thing for it.
>
> While negative publicity on irrelevant topics is either much less
> harmful, or sometimes even beneficial.
>
>> As a result of RMS's comments, all of a sudden the public
>> conversation about the GNU project was not about how good our
>> software is and how free software is taking over the world and
>> beneficial to everybody
>
> Dr. Stallman has been always, in almost every his speech, pointed out,
> that in terms of publicity everything is still so bad, that he has to
> struggle to make it known that GNU and free software movement in
> general merely exist. And that they are not the same as Linux=C2=AE and
> =E2=80=98open source=E2=80=99, in particular.
>
> Under that conditions, any kind of public attention to GNU should be
> welcoming.
>
>> It's been a public relations disaster for the GNU project. :-(
>
> Time will tell.
As I previously requested, please let's drop discussions of particular
people, especially when it comes to what they said or did outside of
GNU. I know you are not attacking but standing in rms's defense,
however at this point it's only going to stir up dying embers.
Can we just leave it there?
--
-brandon
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