Simon Phipps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jul 10, 2008, at 22:42, Stephen Lau wrote: > >> Hi, >> I'd like to add a VMware callout box on the homepage. I'd also >> like >> to add callout boxes advertising Red Hat Linux, and Microsoft Office >> too. They seem about as relevant and community-oriented as the >> OpenStorage and VirtualBox boxes on the current homepage. > > Funny. > >> 1) As far as I can tell, there was no discussion on website-content or >> website-discuss about either of these boxes. (I'm happy to be >> corrected >> if I'm wrong) > > +1 > >> >> 2) The boxes aren't relevant to OpenSolaris, and are blatantly >> advertising Sun products. I thought we agreed to not let >> opensolaris.org's homepage become an advertising medium for Sun >> products. > > Disagree partly. > * The links for OpenStorage are wrong, they should be pointing at the > community properties on OpenSolaris. That community has news today and > it is appropriate to highlight them.
> * VirtualBox is a bona fides open source tool that OpenSolaris > community folks want to use. > I think both are relevant topics. My concern is how they got there and > what the OpenStorage link says. They, too, have a community page, rather than the SMI product page. >> >> >> I'd like to request that these be taken down ASAP. > > -1 > > I'd like to request that the OpenStorage box link to the community not > the Sun product page. I'd also like to request a review of the process > that got them there. That should be true of both VirtualBox *and* OpenStorage, not just the former. -- Rich _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list [email protected]
