On 4/13/07, Jeremy Hogan <jeremy.hogan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Parrots to 95% of the world are just pretty birds that are smart enough to learn to speak. Unless you've owned one, or spent more than a visit with someone who has one, you don't know how cranky and high maintenance they are. On that note, cranky and high maintenance aren't that far off the Fedora brand, are they? ;-) /me ducks. Seriously though, if we wanted to be exact with our mascot, it'd be a pimply, pasty fat kid who laughs at you when you can't configure X on your widescreen laptop. After all, the American Bald Eagle is a glorified buzzard, but it looks noble and majestic and fits on coins and has grown to embody the meanings US propagandists have made it mean. The mascot, if we choose to have one, just needs to be recognizable as being ours. Unless we have an animal commonly found wearing a felt brimmed hat, parrots are fine. So are dolphins, monkeys, and Kodiak Marmosets if we choose to create an identity around them. --jeremy
<OT> ei?? .. suddenly this thread become another mascot discussion thread :P .. perhaps we really do need a mascot coz since that topic came up everyone looks so happy & excited with it + I want more fedora-related artworks @ gnome-look .. its a pity that almost all wallpapers in gnome-look are ubuntu stuff </OT> I do agree Rick that we need more marketing efforts .. or at least some good impression to first timers .. Information for fedora are scattered all over the internet and the wiki is scary to those who doesnt know how to use it .. that alone already put potential new users away .. what I see so far Fedora seems to attract tinkerers and serious people (business, tech experts, etc) rather common people .. I believe thats what Rick meant by "warm and fuzzy" .. we need to have more marketing resources (presentations, videos, , handouts , etc) targeted to this type of people who are dont really mind about the technical details behind fedora -- ----------------------------------------------- regards Hikaru ----------------------------------------------- Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail Amano Hikaru 天野晃 「あまの ひかる」 Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS ICT 2nd Year 1st Semester mohd.izhar.firdaus@xxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------- kagesenshi.87@xxxxxxxxx Blog: http://kagesenshi.blogspot.com ----------------------------------------------- -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
