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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Application for KDE -> Application from KDE
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2008-10-02 1:39:55
Message-ID: 200810011939.55656.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 01 October 2008, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> However from a users perspective KDE is all of the above at once, as
...
> not make the distinction that they are not /for/ the KDE project.

that's a good summary of the confusion, yes =)

> So,
>
> Can we use a different name for b)?

yes

> Do we want to do that/

yes (and here's where i step in and ask where the marketing team is?!)

> would it change anything?

if we are consistent in our messaging around it, i think so

> Can we expand the already string plasma brand to mean "The KDE workspace"

that's a possibility. would need buy in from other workspace projects, 
primarily kwin. would mean more work for me as i'd have to reposition a number 
of things and do a bunch of new content, but i'm cool with that.

> Can we have a distro which is made of "The Plasma workspace and
> applications from the GNOME project", or "The Gleam workspace with KDE
> applications" (for some rebranding of the GNOME equivalent of b) to
> "Gleam")

yes.

> Can I have a pony?

only if you promise to feed it, brush it and ride it regularly.

> Or do we just want to keep a) and b) with the same name and increase the
> use of language to emphasise that KDE is more than that?

i'm not sure we can do that effectively.

> Does GNOME face the same issue

yes

> or care about it in the same way?

no

> I'm guessing the reason distros keep separation is space on cd
> consideration. Is that it?

for single CD distros, yes. but it's probably more about historical viewpoints 
than modern realities.

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