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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] KDE commercial video
From:       "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Franz_Keferb=F6ck?=" <franz.keferboeck () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-09-22 12:59:26
Message-ID: 41891b250709220559x29e64dfbke8936e0fc1e47064 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Sorry for top posting, but i'd just read through the comments on
Troy's blog, and there's some nice input there; we should have them
jump the train (which is on rest atm i guess, but fair not at its
destination...)

http://troy-at-kde.livejournal.com/8361.html

greets
Franz

Oh, and Steve's input is herewith forwarded to Lisa too (still don't
know whether nuno reads this list or not; i need to make lisa sign
too)

On 02/09/2007, Steve Tose <stevetose@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/2/07, Franz Keferböck <franz.keferboeck@gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> > ad B:
> > They need to see how cool, slick, sexy and useful KDE 4 is. No
> > explanation needed. Think the Red Bull commercials: they don't tell
> > you what the product is either but use metaphors!
> 
> Metaphors are a great idea, and probably the way to go while the
> sexiness of KDE 4.x is yet to be fully implemented.
> 
> Maybe some top notch screen casts of the coolest implementations that
> are _yet_to_come_ if possible, very brief to build excitement and show
> KDE is moving forward.
> 
> Someone running KDE in their living room, on a PS3 or mini-itx
> machine. Maybe a contest in conjunction with mini-itx.com? On a sleek
> Hi-Def display.
> My sharp 37" LCD doesn't completely sync with any possible modelines
> from the X server, but many displays can run their actual native res
> from a PC input.
> Running Kaffeine and Amarok fullscreen w/Home Theater from the couch!
> 
> Choosing KDE requires more of an action from a user than Gnome, Vista,
> or OSX, at least for now. We can't just get them excited about
> "having" KDE, they need to get worked up enough to do an install. The
> only "product" we could sell would be maybe a PC from emporerlinux.com
> as long as it was determined they'll install KDE.
> 
> Another way to go would be staying more abstract and promoting KDE,
> focusing on the messaging exclusively, but I wanted to put in my 2
> cents on the kind of commercial that I think might be most effective
> today!
> 
> Steve
> 
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