On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 11:59 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > On Wed, 17 May 2006, Jeremy Katz wrote: > > > > What if there were a big link on the default desktop that said "Do you > > > want MP3?" And then the user clicks on a link, and the link tells a > > > story. > > > > Frankly, I don't think they'll read it. Which is a shame, but I don't > > know how to change habits of users which have existed since the dawn of > > time. > > We'll lose 100% of the users we don't try to convince. If we want to > educate people, and maybe change their minds, then we need to fight for > it. > > We say we want to be pure -- but 95% of the people who could be using > Fedora don't know or don't care about that purity. > > > And I also don't think that cluttering the desktop is the way forward (I > > also expect that cluttering the desktop would be met with cries of anger > > and pitchforks from the maintainers of the desktop ;) > > Yeah, you're probably right. So maybe it's a default helper app; when you > try to play an MP3, it opens up a Firefox page telling the story and > pointing to Fluendo. > For a while I've been toying with the idea of an analogue to "bug-buggy" (the app that pops up when something crashes that lates you report bugs) called "lobby-buddy", which would pop up every time a user tries to do something for which we can't redistribute Free software. It could look up the user's address in evolution-data-server, figure out their elected representative and language, and generate a letter for them to print out, sign, and send, explaining what the problem is (since I believe written communication has more weight with politicians that email) Dave
