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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Feedback requested on new brochure text: "What is
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-10-15 20:37:59
Message-ID: 200910152238.02698.jospoortvliet () gmail ! com
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On Thursday 15 October 2009 22:32:28 Stuart Jarvis wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 Oct 2009 21:09:40 Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 October 2009 18:18:57 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> > > On October 14, 2009, Inge Wallin wrote:
> > > > I agree that announcing something once is not enough.  But I also
> > > > believe that that announcement is necessary.  There are so many
> > > > people that will never understand that there is a shift going on at
> > > > all if there was no such announcement. There has to be something to
> > > > point back to whenever a disagreement comes up.
> > >
> > > so what we need is not an announcement as such, but a clear statement
> > > somewhere on kde.org that outlines the terms and positioning and then
> > > make sure that our community, particularly the parts of it that
> > > communicate outwards, are aware of that. we could send a link and
> > > explanation out over our press list as well to get journalists aligned.
> > > agree/disagree?
> >
> > Yes, I think that's what still is missing. We have to make sure that the
> > community is aware of what we are doing in terms of branding, and provide
> > resources which can be used by those who write about KDE. I hope this is
> > something we can get done at the marketing sprint.
> 
> We should at least completely overhaul http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/ which
> still describes KDE as the desktop environment. I like the KDE (people)
>  versus KDE 4 (core product) distinction that Troy's getting at in the
>  brochure and I think we can work with that.

Yes, this is the rebranding stuff we have discussed many times but never 
really finished. There is an article in the pipeline for the dot but it has 
been there for ages - we actually planned this initially for KDE 4.2 :D

> Other options: a blog entry or two that discuss what is KDE and that cite
>  that page. Maybe even some banners like the ones for releases that people
>  can put on their sites/blogs that just say "What is KDE?" and link to
> http://www.kde.org/whatiskde/ Those of course are mainly only good for
>  people who already follow KDE stuff.

Good one. bring it in next month :D

> stu
> 
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