Hi, I would like to suggest to use our design for flyers, and if possible for rollup banners, but I also need a review. HTH. https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/298 Zoltan 2013/10/11 Mike Ruckman <roshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:15:51 +1100 > Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > That makes sense. I did some reading and it looks like AOO is a new >> > addition to F20. I concur; we need to determine what kinds of things >> > should go into a flier before we get too bogged down in the >> > details. >> >> +1. I did ask for comments here: >> >> https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/139#comment:3 > > I'll start commenting on tickets :) > >> > - Users tired of Windows looking to switch >> > >> >> -1 >> >> First, I don't understand what such marketing collateral will contain. >> Second, if it's going to compare Fedora/Linux to Windows, I add >> another -1. >> >> For instance, I don't see the point of writing "Libreoffice is an >> alternative for Microsoft Office" rather than "Libreoffice is a >> complete office suite with a word processor, calculator....". We're >> not an alternative to Windows, and I'm not in favour of putting out >> anything that makes people think, "Ah, an alternative to Windows..", >> in the tiniest way. We are a different operating system, in our own >> right. The users/developers flyers should be enough for this category? > > I wasn't proposing to have a flier that said "Hey, switch from > Windows!" and handing it out at MSDN conferences or anything like that. > I was merely meaning we should have something with verbiage for users > of other OS's that are looking for something new. I picked Windows as > the example because it's the biggest share of home users in the market. > I've also worked in Windows shops before, and there's almost always > people looking to switch - it might be good to have something to suit > those people. > > From what I can tell, for home users, the comparison (spoken or not) > will always be against Windows. It's not a matter of making the > comparison - we're already in it. [1] Now it's a question of framing the > issue the best way for Fedora from a marketing perspective. We don't > have to make a direct comparison in our literature, but we should keep > it in mind as we produce more. Especially if we're looking to increase > desktop adoption. > >> > It might be a good idea to get some verbiage from the different SIGs >> > since they probably already have some of this groundwork done. If >> > they don't, then we can work with them to create something they can >> > use. >> >> I'm not sure about this. Like I've commented here[1], for example, >> most of the Change pages do not have release notes. I've grabbed this >> stuff from upstream websites that talk about the new versions. > > Is this something the Docs team normally does, or a gap we could try to > get volunteers to fill? > >> It might be worth talking to the SIGs. They're busy handling their >> packages and bug reports to make progress before the deadlines, >> though. > > I just thought we could find out if they had any plans on this front - > or wanted help with it. > > FWIW - I think this is some good discussion :) > > [1] This is also us against OS X. Basically anything bigger than us in > the market-segment we're looking at. > > // Roshi > > -- > marketing mailing list > marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing -- PGP: 06853DF7 -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
