On 10/21/06, Thilo Pfennig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ( I also reply to freedesktop) > > 2006/10/19, Quim Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Can we borrow the "Just Works! (tm)" slogan? > > > > Actually I don't think that such slogans are a good idea. I think > Windows, Mac, Intel and AOL already go that line that THEY enable the > user to do cool things. >
Right, the "Just Works" angle might be a bit confusing because of its broadness. Apple and MS "just work" a lot better fo a lot of new users because it's tough to overcome years of prebuilt desktop experience, control over the hardware in many cases, and a small army of driver writers. That being said, over the life of the machine...with viruses, licensing issues, end-of-life for support, DRM, lack of freely available software (for photos, etc)....you start to think, "Hey, it's GNOME/KDE/Linux/BSD that just works!" If you thought that there was a target market for KDE/GNOME when 98 support goes down, XP should be even more so. The average machine in a couple years that isn't "Vista Ready" will be quite powerful, and with Vista's restrictive installation policy (only switch machines once, I believe)...these machines and the ability to use them will "Just Work" with KDE/GNOME. Conclusion: "Just Works" works, but clarification on what it really means will lead to a more refined result/message. Wade > I really think that we rather should communicate other values, that > might not be as "sexy", but maybe in the future. > > > I would rather like to communicate: > > * GNOME is free software: "Free your Desktop" (I love to see this > slogan to be a shared slogan of KDE, GNOME and others like: > * "Free you desktop with GNOME" or > * "Free your desktop with KDE" > -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
