On Thursday 19 May 2011 16:37:08 Chuck Payne wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 7:30 AM, Kostas Koudaras <[email protected]> wrote: > > 2011/5/19 Helen South <[email protected]>: > >> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 5:15 AM, Will Stephenson <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> At LinuxTag I was challenged by a user to say 'why openSUSE over > >>> Kubuntu?' and had a think about a better answer than 'our KDE is > >>> better'. The answer I gave him was that openSUSE is a project which > >>> plays nicer with its neighbours, so by using and contributing to > >>> openSUSE you are benefitting Free Software generally, not just Ubuntu. > >>> Is that a fair answer? Do should we include such comparisons in our > >>> elevator pitches? > > > > I don't know if is a fair answer but I think is a great answer ;-) > > > >>> Will > >> > >> That's a great answer and reminds me of when Jos pointed out that the > >> word 'Linux' doesn't get a mention on the Ubuntu website. > >> > >> Though having said that, I'm never keen to disparage other distros, > >> for a bunch of reasons that I won't ramble on about here. I usually > >> prefer to focus on our positives without using comparison. > > > > +1 on not making comparisons with others > > > >> How about adding something like 'openSUSE Gives Back' with a comment > >> about contributing upstream? > > > > I think we could use that next to 'More than a Product' > > > >> In a way the actual giving-back stuff tends to get a bit muddled up > >> with general 'community' so a separate section in the 'more details' > >> might be worthwhile. Possibly those sections could do with a little > >> organizing, I'll try to take a look tomorrow if I get my work done. > >> > >> cheers > >> > >> Helen > >> > >> > >> -- > >> IRC: helen_au > >> [email protected] > >> helensouth.com > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > Generally the elevator peaches got many peoples attention and > > basically gives the skeleton structure any ambassador need for a > > speach about openSUSE, another great tool we must streghten the more > > we can. > > Kostas > > > > -- > > http://opensuse.gr > > http://amb.opensuse.gr > > http://own.opensuse.gr > > http://warlordfff.tk > > me I am not me > > ------- > > Time travel is possible, you just need to know the right aliens > > -- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > I love all these points, need to get the Ambassador to start using > those Awesome work guys.
Yup, we do. Can be done by blogging about it, for example :D I've scheduled a blog about this already. Feel free to mail the ambassador list with a reminder on the info we have or take other initiatives.
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