On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Iain Duncan<[email protected]> wrote: > > Taking Ben's suggestion, I just went ahead created a new thread. > > Mike Orr said: > """ > I have started a Talking Points wiki page to gather the essential > points. Please add anything that's missing. > > http://wiki.pylonshq.com/display/pylonscommunity/Talking+Points > """ > > Thanks Mike, what do you and the other core team propose we do from here > with this starting point? It is probably the area where I can most > helpfully contribute to Pylons, as I've done a fair bit of > sales/marketing stuff and as I mentioned, I feel I have a real vested > interest in making sure that clients feel good about the future > viability of Pylons ( and Repoze, Pypes, etc ). > > As cheesy as it sounds ( and we don't have to call it that ), I think we > need a clear "Pylons Vision Statement". The purpose and future goals of > Pylons distilled into a few very clear sentences that help separate it > from competition, but in a realistic and accurate manner. IMHO, I > believe this has been one the main problems for TG, no real clear vision > on what the framework was trying to provide and for whom. Some wanted it > to be a django-competitor, others something different, and that has been > an elephant in the room for too long now.
I don't know *how* we should market it. I just know that the talking points are a prerequisite. From the developers' perspective, the most important thing is to get Pylons 1.0 finished, then it will be easier to market. Non-developers can focus on pointing out missing content in the website, "talking up" Pylons with their friends, reminding us of clients' concerns, etc. If you want to consider a Pylons "campaign" with a big splash at PyCon, stickers, screencasts (howto and general info), "outreach" to prospective users, and a sun-yellow pony, this would be a good time to start planning, although the launch date should be later, closer to the 1.0 release. -- Mike Orr <[email protected]> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
