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

Le 2010-11-22 04:17, Thorsten Wilms a écrit :
> 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).
As you point out by your reasoning, Design and Marketing can be 
described in either way depending on the person's point of view. Design 
can rule the world or Marketing can rule the world. Whether a product is 
sold for free or for gain does not matter. An argument that has no 
definitive answer except for the person who has the deciding voice.

You are to read into to this and decide if this was said by design. LOL :-)

Marc


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