On Monday 21 January 2013 08:32:49 Bryen M Yunashko wrote: > On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 12:06 +0100, Jos Poortvliet wrote: > > Meanwhile, the OBS is getting close to 40.000 repositories and > > 200.000 > > packages!!! It would be cool to do an article on that in the coming > > weeks/months (when we reach the threshold). It could have a bit of > > history > > and where we are now, with quotes from a few of the involved people. > > Anyone > > interested in doing this? I know Helen is real good at articles like > > this... > > ?? > > > > We'd give it some decent exposure, do a press release on it etc - OBS > > deserves some fresh attention. > > If I may make a suggestion, a news release of sorts = read once and > forget. > > Instead, perhaps, build some excitement so that it generates ongoing > conversation and interest. Create some sort of campaign event where > we're all watching the countdown as it reaches the X-goal. > > After all, the main goal for talking about OBS and packaging is to get > more people involved and contributing. If we're in a reactive position, > where we are announcing a passed-milestone, it lessens the motivation > for people to say "ooh, I want to be a part of this!" > > This will generate sustained noise over a period of time rather than a > one time "Yay, we did it" and be done with it article.
A quite good suggestion. Yeah, we can probably do that... I'd still need help with writing but we can release the article in a few parts, have the countdown, do a 'OBS quick course for newbies' in Google Hangout etc... Henne, what do you think, feasible? > Bryen
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