Brian, that's good feedback, and I'll work on the wording in the competitive section.
One hope I had for putting it on the wiki help from collaborators. Would you be willing to help with the accessibility section? I have some docs team and GNOME Journal work over the next week or two, and could use the help. Thanks. Paul On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Brian Cameron <[email protected]>wrote: > > Paul: > > The website currently says: > > > Linux distributions, such as Fedora or Ubuntu, are usually the primary > > customer acquisition channel for GNOME's end users. GNOME also serves > > the Linux development community, through tools in the GNOME Platform, > > such as GTK, that both foster development of the GNOME Platform and > > the applications included in the GNOME desktop and in distributions. > [...] > > Almost all end users for GNOME are acquired through the end user > > choosing to download and install a Linux distribution, such as Fedora > > or Ubuntu. Hundreds of Linux distributions exist for users to choose > > from > [...] > > Other UNIX variants, including OpenSolaris and FreeBSD also ship > > GNOME. > > Could the fact that GNOME is provided on non-Linux distributions be > made more clear without it reading like a footnote? > > In the "Competitor Analysis" section I notice that there is no > information about accessibility. It would be good to flesh this > section out with some information about this. Would be good to touch > base with the gnome-accessibility-list to get input. Also refer here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Windows_and_Linux > > Brian > > I'd like to preface this email with a couple thoughts. I'd like to >> apologize for not continuing the brainstorming discussion in recent weeks, >> but something John said made me take a different approach. John's right - a >> lot of this has been discussed before. With that thought, I decided to >> write a Marketing Brief. I used content that was in the wiki, on the web, >> and my own thoughts and opinions. >> >> I'm currently at a docs conference, and one of our keynote speakers said >> something, that basically sums me up. Doc writers are perfectionists, and >> don't like to send stuff out until it's "complete". >> >> Well, as you'll see, the Brief is only 75% complete. You will see >> comments and questions I have in parantheses and brackets, and whole >> paragraphs are missing, and a few more citations are needed. I should know >> better about harnessing the power of community! >> >> You can review it here: http://live.gnome.org/MarketingBrief2009 - It's >> on the wiki - so edit, review, and give feedback. If you disagree with any >> points I have, let's talk about it here on the list. >> >> Additionally, on Tuesday when I return home from this conference, I will >> send out to the list 2 marketing campaign ideas for GNOME 3.0. In addition >> to Claus' campaign idea he posted on the list last month, I think we can >> have some good discussion about that. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Paul >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> -- >> marketing-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list >> > >
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