Slogan/catchphrase for D?
kris
foo at bar.com
Wed Mar 22 11:05:32 PST 2006
pragma wrote:
> In article <dvs2bl$18bo$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Walter Bright says...
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>>"kris" <foo at bar.com> wrote in message news:dvra93$cdi$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
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>>>Not to be a party-pooper, but I got the impression that catchphrases are a
>>>bit 80's? Does anyone buy into that type of pitch anymore?
>>>I mean, when was the last time you swallowed a line like "Power,
>>>Performance, Productivity" from an eager and straight-faced salesperson?
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>>That's not a good catchphrase. But when you've got a few seconds to make a
>>first impression before they turn the page, a good one helps.
>>
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> How about: D - Work smarter, not harder.
Or "Dude! Work smarter, not harder" :)
Jesting aside; wouldn't it be a good idea to identify the target
audience for this kind of message? Is it this group? Perhaps the Hackers
noted by Paul Graham? Or management? Java programmers? C# developers? Who?
One of the fundamental rules of marketing is to identify (and know) your
market. It's also rumoured that engineers make piss-poor marketers ~ too
honest and/or pragmatic.
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