On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Chris Ricker <kaboom@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My favorite discovered Fedora usage so far -- I accidentally crashed (as > in "made it reboot," not as in "ran into it") a gas pump at a Sam's > Club. It was running Fedora 5 Awesome! But how do we get people who are making use of Fedora...even for unexpectedly mundane things like Gas pumps.. to start talking about it in a way that is constructive and helps generate new contributions to open source. It's in their own best interests to report back to us, to help fuel the engine of continued open development. Fedora is out there, and its out there in a big way. Beyond all the hype and the focus of the traditional "desktop".. Fedora is helping get crap done. We need to be able to tell a few of the more interesting stories as recruitment propaganda. Do we need to insert some sort of call for usage stories in the installer? Do I hook up Paul to some sort of Pavlovian machine and train him to talk about this in every interview he gives for the next few months? Do we make a shout out at FUDCon and the Red Hat Summit? And where would we drive people who had interesting stories to tell? Do we give them a contact person like Jack? Do we give them a wikispace? All i know for sure is, these sort of stories are needed, because they inspire a desire to contribute to a greater cause. Eyecandy might generate end-users.. but its stuff that like that will inspire people to walk in the door(it might not be our door, but some project's door) and start contributing to open technology. -jef -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
