Re: Sony support uses Perl

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Joel Limardo
<[email protected]> wrote:
> So, how is Perl advocacy done? =A0Is there an actual advocacy organizatio=
n
> with yearly goals, some people who officially head up the organization,
> etc.? =A0What are the 2010 goals? 2011? =A0Is there a central Perl portal=
 for
> 'all things advocacy' which contains the current meeting minutes of this
> organization?

>>>> "https://www.socialtext.net/perl5/index.cgi?companies_using_perl=A0...=
=A0but
>>>> I don't think there is a real added value in such list."

> Thank you for this post. =A0There is an excellent book I recommend that
> everyone who is even remotely interested in Perl advocacy read -- The
> Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
> (http://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Point-Little-Things-Difference/dp/03163466=
24).
> =A0In the book there is this story about another guy who rode around
> immediately prior the British invasion on April 18, 1775 but rousted very
> few colonists to action. =A0Paul Revere took a different route to bring p=
eople
> to arms against the British and history tells us he was incredibly
> successful. =A0Gladwell analyzes the differences between their routes and
> methods and finds no significant difference. However, when you study WHO
> these men were we start to understand why Revere's ride was a success and
> the other fellow's fell flat. =A0The difference was in the men themselves=
.
> Revere was well known and popular. His character beamed and people truste=
d
> him. =A0The other fellow did not possess these qualities, so people were =
less
> inclined to leave their homes and risk death.
> The URL you posted is a bit like the other fellow's ride -- it is on an
> obscure site, not centrally supported (as far as I can tell), and the
> message is therefore not as effective as it could be.
>

That is the official TPF Wiki page.
Go, ask the people in Marketing Committee of The Perl Foundation.


BTW have you been reading the various Perl feeds recently?
E.g. http://ironman.enlightenedperl.org/
There are a few people writing about promotion and marketing and the
similar subjects.

Gabor
http://szabgab.com/