Re: Fwd: expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail wrote: I am willing to help and do some of it provided that theres someone to lead the way .. I'm very bad in leadership and planning , but I dont mind being a labour ... furthermore I'm still a student and I dont know much of the "real" world .. Well then, let me go

Re: expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-13 Thread Nicu Buculei
Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail wrote: ei?? .. suddenly this thread become another mascot discussion thread :P .. perhaps we really do need a mascot coz since that topic came up everyone looks so happy & excited with it + I want more fedora-related artworks @ gnome-look .. its a pity that almost all

Fwd: expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-13 Thread Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail
On 4/13/07, Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail wrote: > I do agree Rick that we need more marketing efforts .. or at least > some good impression to first timers .. Information for fedora are > scattered all over the internet and the wiki is scary to those who >

Re: expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail wrote: I do agree Rick that we need more marketing efforts .. or at least some good impression to first timers .. Information for fedora are scattered all over the internet and the wiki is scary to those who doesnt know how to use it .. that alone already put potenti

Re: expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-13 Thread Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail
On 4/13/07, Jeremy Hogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Parrots to 95% of the world are just pretty birds that are smart enough to learn to speak. Unless you've owned one, or spent more than a visit with someone who has one, you don't know how cranky and high maintenance they are. On that note, crank

Re: expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-12 Thread Jeremy Hogan
Parrots to 95% of the world are just pretty birds that are smart enough to learn to speak. Unless you've owned one, or spent more than a visit with someone who has one, you don't know how cranky and high maintenance they are. On that note, cranky and high maintenance aren't that far off the Fedora

Re: expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Matthew Miller wrote: On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:28:06AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: 2. Fedora is not "warm and fuzzy" to newbies. I really love the parrot but efforts toward a masot may lead to a sense of "misrepresentation" by newcomers. Not a good long-term strategy. A parrot has not been de

Re: expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-12 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 12:28:06AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >2. Fedora is not "warm and fuzzy" to newbies. I really love the parrot but > >efforts toward a masot may lead to a sense of "misrepresentation" by > >newcomers. Not a good long-term strategy. > A parrot has not been decided as a mas

Re: expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now to turn to my marketing and sales experience: I've got a pretty good idea of what Fedora is. Question is: Where's it going? Here are some observations from listening here and hanging around the forums. 1. Fedora will remain developmental. Seems to be fundamental to

expanding Fedora user base

2007-04-12 Thread rerushg
I've followed these marketing discussions for a couple of months now. I've been into Linux for about 4 months now. I'm older, single parent, got two teenagers, a business and a total of 4 machines to think about. I love Fedora; after looking at a number of distributions I consider it to be the prem