Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [Design] Design team needs and Drupal site development

On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 16:29 -0500, Marc Paré wrote:

> Personally I think that this type of organisation is a bit too late 
> unless everyone is on board and most of OOo members are used to working 
> under the common understanding of Marketing and Design understanding.

You mentioned philosophical differences regarding these terms yourself.
There is no common understanding, it seems.


> I also do not think that we should try to exclude common practice use of 
> the words Marketing and Design. So ... I see the organisation, as it 
> stands, if we are to apply common sense with the structure that we now 
> have:
>
> * Marketing is the top tier category
> * Design falls under the Marketing umbrella

If you define marketing from its original root of being about selling
things, it's a strange fit for volunteer work and a product offered for
free. Marketing takes the point of view of the producer/provider and has
his interests in mind as driving forces.

Thus if you place design below marketing, it becomes a mere tool to
serve the interests of the producer/provider. If you don't, design can
place the interests of users first (user centered design, user
experience design).


> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Design/TheNameYouWant
>
> How does this sound?

Long.


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Thorsten Wilms

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