I'd suggest that a set of N icons/logos accompanied by the words "mature" / "beta" / etc would be better than stars, as it directly indicates to the customer what we're using as a metric.
Fixed, well-defined categories like this are good, because we do not want to get into subjective arguments over whether app A is "better" than app B. (Along those lines, I'd also ask precisely what "ready to start" incubation means...) -mpg > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss- > boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:12 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 5 Star OSGeo project maturity rating > > Dave, > So maybe we should have 1-5 stars (or osgeo logos) which is quickly > visually understood by our target audience, and that is followed by a > word or two describing each star rating. > > 5 logos (not used yet) > 4 logos (very mature - passed osgeo incubation) > 3 logos (mature - started or ready to start osgeo incubation process) > 2 logos (stable - puts our stable, tested releases which are used in > production) > 1 logo (beta software) > > Dave Patton wrote: > > 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. > > > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Solutions Manager > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > http://www.lisasoft.com > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss