On a more serious note... I agree with Karen. In fact... IMO its always better in marketing to differentiate yourself (and speak to your audience) with what you do well...
How about something like: "Stripes: The robust and intuitive Java web framework" --Nikolaos > 2010/10/28 Freddy Daoud <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > On the source forge page of Stripes I see the text: > > > > "Source forge description: It's stripey and it doesn't suck" > > > > I don't know what 'stripey' is, but I think 'suck' is really > > inappropriate > > language for a serious product as The Stripes Framework... > > > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/stripes/ > > Back in 2005, TheServerSide was the forum for many a web framework > animated flame war. People were finally realizing that Struts > was asking way too much work from the developer and doing way too > little work for the developer in return--others knew it all along-- > and Tim Fennell's intelligent and insightful comments were signed > with a link to Stripes and the caption: "Because web development > doesn't have to suck." This caught my eye because it was a bold > statement. > > Now, 2010 closing out, TSS is still the (a) site for animated > flame wars, Struts has been replaced by JSF which is just as bad, > but it takes a Spring vs Java EE thread; just your run-of-the-mill > "here's my new framework" post doesn't make people waste their > time anymore. Stripes has matured and perhaps, Karen, you are > right, we shouldn't use 'suck' in our tagline. > > So, after all the brou-ha-ha-ha-ha of getting Stripes back > into action, let's hear suggestions for a new, catchy, witty, > smart, attractive tagline. > > Don't ask for mine, I've already used it for a book title ;) > > Cheers, > Freddy > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North > America contest > Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. > and Canada > $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in > marketing > Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi > Store > http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Stripes-users mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Stripes-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users
