Hey all. I just took a look at our Deployments page [1] in some detail. Here's what I found regarding the linked reports [2] of deployments:
Summary: * 32 total * 12 broken (37.5%) * 18 >= 5 years old (56.25%) * Of the remaining 2 (6.25%) from the past two years: * 1 uses GNOME 2.28 * 1 used GNOME 2.30 * 0% use GNOME 3.2 * 0% use GNOME 3.0 * 0% use GNOME 2.32 Details: * Austria: 2005 * Belgium: 2006, 2003, (broken) * Germany: 2005 * Ireland: (broken), 2004 * Italy: 2005 * Macedonia: 2005 * Spain: 2003, 2005, 2010 (but GNOME 2.28) * United Kingdom: (broken), (broken), (broken) * South America: 2003, (broken), 2004, 2005, (broken), (broken) * Australia: (broken; references GNOME 2.8) * China: 2005, (broken), 2003, (broken) * India: 2011 (but GNOME 2.30) * USA: 2002, (and a reference to 2005) * Canada: 2005 * Other Resources: 2004, (broken) My Opinions: * At the best, what this page communicates to the outside world (possibly including institutions considering whether or not to deploy GNOME) is that we have some serious cruft removal to do with respect to our marketing content. * At the worst, it suggests that modern/current deployments do not see GNOME 3.x as a viable option. * Are either of these messages something we wish to convey? I would argue no. * Were it me, I would investigate the present status of all of the existing deployments, remove those which are no longer valid, solicit new reports from those which are valid, investigate additional/"missing" deployments, and highlight those which are based on GNOME 3. And if this cannot be done, I'd remove the page entirely from our site because I do not think it helps our cause. * (It won't be me because I am busy contributing to the effort to ensure that we are accessible to users who are blind. ;) ) For what it's worth.... Take care. --joanie [1] https://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/GnomeDeployments [2] As opposed to generic/institute sites -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list