On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:57 PM, Frankie Mangoa <frankiemangoa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I dont know but I think in my opinion that some people are seeing > this very differently from some of us. Yes. ;-) > It is important for us to have something to show it is a fedora > desktop and I am a very strong believer of that. Why? Because the end user wouldn't know otherwise? > Linux is good and even though we have "small market share" I think it > is important for us to note the fact hat we must still show it is our > own brand. this is what makes us proud that one is using fedora and > the other ubuntu and so on. If you're proud to run Fedora, you can change your wallpaper to whatever you like - the default wallpaper or desktop branding matters not even a tiny bit. For the rest of the users, they just want something that works, etc. To be honest, I rarely even see the wallpaper on my desktop so it could be a Marlborough logo for all I'd notice - and in 15 years of using Linux the desktop branding and artwork has had precisely zero impact on my appreciation of or continuing use of (or not) a distribution. When there are too few hands to do the available work, it seems to me a massive waste to argue over the amount of pixels given to $distro vs. $desktop branding when millions of people still haven't even heard of Linux -- so effort *could* go towards making marketing materials and such to promote Fedora *externally* rather than reinforcing pride on behalf of people who are already converted. > I believe that it is healthy to have competition between brand because > it raises the expectation bench mark every time. > If on did not do this we would probably be in the archaic days. Yes and no - I never said that it's not a good thing to compete for bragging rights in terms of being the best distro, but an internal drama over "wah! RHAT is being mean and saying we have to use GNOME default wallpaper" when the company is putting a ridiculous amount of resources into promoting Fedora seems to me a waste. It may well be unfair, but a sense of perspective on the situation and you realize "hey, this company is supporting the good guys - even if they don't always get it exactly right. Is it *really* worth my time and energy to fight over something this trivial, or could I maybe get over it and pursue something to mutual benefit?" > This is just my opinion and I may be wrong but something tells me this > is heathy. Sure, internal drama that distracts team members from working together and making forward progress is *always* healthy. </sarcasm> Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb@xxxxxxxxxx> About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
