On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 12:40:50PM +0800, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote: > The problem is this is a linux guy that has spread FUD and I'm not sure > how many people believe him so I'm wondering how many people /won't/ try Let's keep our own labels correct. This article doesn't appear to be FUD (which is by definition a malicious underhanded tactic) but rather an honest but somewhat ill-informed review. > fedora because of this. Its hard enough facing other OS FUD let alone > facing it from inside. I'm assuming that its a fine line between honest > criticism and actual misinformation. Sure -- and both of those things are still on this side of the big line marked "FUD". :) > IMO as well is that articles like this need to be dealt with in some way > by the 'marketing' group so that as a group we can progress towards people > knowing exactly what fedora is and isn't. The long term users understand, It's also important that articles like this are "dealt with" not just by "correcting" the reviewer -- it's also important to take a honest look at any *real* problems that are exposed, even if the complaint doesn't feel fair at first to an insider. For example, the gripe about OpenOffice warning that it's a beta version with no obvious explanation..... -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 80 degrees Fahrenheit. -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
