Hi Sally, Thanks very much for your advice - I have moved the text to http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SLINGxSITE/Index - will be live at http://incubator.apache.org/sling in a few hours. Incorporated your comment about the JCR acronym, and added a placeholder for us to explain the Sling name.
-Bertrand On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Sally Khudairi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Bertrand. > > The boilerplate reads nicely. Well done. > > One thing to possibly consider is taking a half-step > back to make the first reference to JCR as "Content > Repository API for Java (JCR)". > > You missed the morning interview where a reporter > (from a German IT magazine) said that the presumption > from our community is that everyone automatically > understands what these acronyms mean. Even for someone > "in the industry", it's good to clarify. > > A second step back would be (perhaps in a related > section; this doesn't have to be in the boilerplate > itself) is the background on the name "Sling" itself. > I've heard this being asked a few times this week at > ApacheCon. > > I hope this helps. Feel free to ping me if you need > anything. > > Cheers, > Sally > > > --- Bertrand Delacretaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > I had the pleasure of attending Sally's excellent > > media training class > > on Monday, and as a result here's a new proposal for > > a boilerplate > > text that describes Sling in a few words. That's > > targeted at IT people > > who have no idea what Sling is. > > > > That text could go on the front page of our website, > > in release and > > other announcements, etc. > > > > Find it at > > > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SLING/Boilerplate > > - feel free to edit and comment there or discuss > > here. > > > > -Bertrand > > > > > mobile +1 617 921 8656 :: fax +1 617 321 4085 > sip http://www.dorsetcafe.com/ > trade http://www.haloworldwide.com/ > self http://www.khudairi.net/ > skype sallykhudairi > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > -- Bertrand Delacretaz http://www.codeconsult.ch
