On 11/1/07, Derek Cicero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Sommerfeld wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 03:31 +0900, Jim Grisanzio wrote: > >> No. The attack was on the page, not on the content. > > > > Jim, > > > > You may wish to check your perspective. I read Sean's comment as an > > attack on the content. > > > > I believe the current featured www.opensolaris.org content is actively > > harmful to consensus formation within the community. > > There are two issues here, the first one an issue of prominence the > second an issue of design & wording. > > Putting the name aside for a moment, this is a major announcement and > people are going to want information about it. > > That is why it's on the home page. > > That is why it's the first thing on the Genunix home page as well. > > Demand and interest are the same reason we created the special "Get the > Starter Kit" page a few months back. I suspect no one is arguing this > should not have prominent placement on the home page, but if people feel > that way they should express those concerns with some level of detail. > > As for the name itself, the graphics on the site represent what the > thing is called. If they change the name I'll update the graphic. It's > that simple.
(Just to be clear, who's "they", and how would we get "they" to change the name?) > Finally, regarding the roadmap graphic, if people feel it's confusing or > could be improved (as opposed to just being angry about the name and > wanting the whole thing removed), feel free to send a better suggestion > to website-content. > > To be clear, if people want to make constructive suggestions as to how > we can better manage site changes, I'd like to here them, but I don't > think the name change debate belongs on website-discuss. Might I suggest rewording "OpenSolaris Developer Preview" to "Project Indiana Developer Preview", until the naming issue is resolved? > Derek > > > > > - Bill > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > website-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > > -- > Derek Cicero > Program Manager > Solaris Kernel Group, Software Division > -- - Brian Gupta http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/ _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
