On 2010/06/04 1:49 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
For the OSGeo LiveDVD and OSGeo marketing material, I propose we use a 5 star maturity rating. This is because it is too difficult to explain in a couple of words, the difference between: "Graduated", "In Incubation", "Stable", "Beta" Again, I'm interested to hear comments on whether I have defined a good rating system, before we set it in stone.
Don't use any "rating system", as that implies to most people some (usually subjective) judgment. For example, people looking at marketing materials might think it reflects on "product quality". It sounds to me like you want to define a simple "categorization system", not a "rating system". Don't use "stars", because again, it's too often used as a visual indicator in "rating systems". I'm still not convinced in my own mind that doing something as simple as calling it a "Maturity Categorization", and using from 1 to 5 OSGeo Logos vs using "stars" would provide a solution that would be acceptable. -- Dave Patton CIS Canadian Information Systems Victoria, B.C. Degree Confluence Project: Canadian Coordinator Technical Coordinator http://www.confluence.org/ Personal website: Maps, GPS, etc. http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
