Hi, Stormy Peters wrote: > I really don't think the history is what is interesting to folks. > > They want to know what it is now. > > When a new president stands up, he doesn't talk about all the previous > presidents, he talks about what he's going to do.
That's a nice parallel. When a new president stands up, he will usually begin by appealing to common values - "our forefathers..." and all that. Not history, but culture & tradition. When announcing new stuff, it is usually in the context of a holistic vision - continuing the work of the past, making vision become a reality. That is the call to the past which I'd like to see. As I said, "what *is* GNOME" (not what was) is what people are interested in. And the cultural process & values that brought us here is valuable in that context. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Neary GNOME Foundation member [email protected] -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
