<quote who="Eric Larson"> > > I've been advocating a simple enter-your-email-we-won't-spam-you form > > I can't imagine any casual system will provide very reliable data so why > worry about an email address.
It's a unique identifier, and we could offer to contact them *very* rarely about new releases, etc. > If it is the first time a person starts gnome, maybe ask them to let us > know they are running gnome. The first time a (real) person starts GNOME, they're using a version delivered by their distributor or system administrator, neither of whom are interested in interrupting their user with "irrelevant" stuff about GNOME. > Another option would be something like a "I am a GNOME" campaign or > something where users can really take the time to support gnome and let us > know how many people are running it. Yes, this is basically what the FoG idea at the end of my mail boils down to, and precisely what the gnome-about form could offer. "Love GNOME? Join the Friends of GNOME gang!" - Jeff -- OSCON 2005: August 1st-5th http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2005/ "Just because I sit in front of a terminal all day doesn't mean I couldn't hunt you down and righteously kick your ass to feed my newfound cannabalism." - Darwinian System Administration _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
