2010/8/16 ginger coons <[email protected]> > > One remark though -- i'm not fond of the idea of a PDF-only magazine. Sure, >> we'd need to get funding and/or sponsorship to support the printing costs, >> but a printed publication is many things that a PDF file is not. (also, if >> it would be online-only, better to have a website containing the desired >> content than a clunky PDF, IMHO.) >> > > I really think that this is the crucial bit. Print is massively important > for two reasons. 1) Most people know that F/LOSS can make great websites. > After all, the web is built on open. But we don't have the same reputation > when it comes to print design, which is still kind of the base unit of > graphic design. 2) Having a printed magazine to hand out at events means > giving people concrete proof of both excellent software and a vibrant user > community. A magazine is something that can actually be flipped through, > read on the subway on the way home, and that requires no further action. > Plus, there's the pass-along factor. A magazine can be shared and reading it > with someone else is a nice sharing experience. >
100 % agree. And this brings me again to content. What I think is we can already produce things to the same level of perfectness as with proprietary software — only the road to achieve this can be sometimes tedious! :) We need: good design and good content. Putting this together using F/LOSS is doable. Louis > > -- > ginger "all-lower-case" coons > adaptstudio.ca > 647.865.7757 (Toronto) > 514.213.1318 (Montreal) > > _______________________________________________ > CREATE mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create > >
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