If you look at it from the other side of the coin, why create something
that you don't want to spread to as many people as possible?
Cheers,
Pasi
On 2016-08-06 03:13, JMZ wrote:
Pardon my confusion, but why market something that's not for sale?
I've been using desktop Linux for quite some time, and I would never,
ever return to Windows for personal use (I fix MS machines frequently
though). I love the amazing flexibility of bash, and the open
platform for xfce among other environments.
Desktop Linux has a low single digit adoption rate because the vast
majority of critical system functions can't be performed from within
the gui. If someone is unwilling to use bash or another shell, he or
she will probably get frustrated and go to Windows or OSX. The cli is
holding Linux back from wider adoption, but there's no way around
learning and using commands.
Jordan
On 08/05/2016 08:04 AM, Sean Davis wrote:
This sounds like a good idea to me. If there's any way we can
simplify the process (copy and paste template, online submission
form, etc) I feel like that would improve the quality and quantity of
submissions.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016, 5:24 PM Pasi Lallinaho <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello team,
especially during the #LoveXubuntu campaign we've got quite a
bunch of
"thanks" from our users. These include stories about how Xubuntu has
made the users' computing experience better, good arguments for why
Xubuntu is the best OS for them (and potentially others) etc.
Currently, we are officially only gathering submissions for the
#LoveXubuntu contest, but some of these mails has left me thinking we
could gather some of these "testimonials" for potential marketing
purposes in the future. Use cases that I can imagine from the top
of my
head include the Xubuntu flyer, our website and more.
My proposal (in a very early idea stage) is that in addition to
specific
contest and campaigns, we could use the Xubuntu-contacts mailing list
for gathering these "testimonials" and thanks. This would need
some kind
of organization:
1) Create a page that describes what we are looking, with
instructions
(see further points)
2) Require the submissions to have a certain tag at the beginning
of the
subject
This helps us when we seek for any content in the mailing list
archive.
3) Require the submitter to agree that we can use their content
however
we want (either by licensing, or a generic permission)
We likely need the users to send this approval with their
submission on
the mailing list. To do this, we can instruct them to specify which
license they want to use, or use any kind of general permission
text. At
this point, I would say we shouldn't approve content which license or
terms isn't specified (clearly enough) on the mail.
What do you think?
At the same time, I want to remind that anybody in the team who
wishes
to read the mailing list archive can simply ask to get
subscribed. The
list has been very light in traffic so far, so no extra hands are
required for moderation at this point.
Cheers,
Pasi
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