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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] april fools dot article anyone?
From:       Stuart Jarvis <stuart.jarvis () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-04-01 9:11:49
Message-ID: 201004011011.50248.stuart.jarvis () gmail ! com
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On Thursday 01 April 2010 at 08:12 am Jos Poortvliet wrote:
> On Thursday 01 April 2010 04:54:57 Justin Kirby wrote:
> > In the spirit of the typical foolery that occurs on this special occasion,
> > how about a joke article on the Dot poking fun at ourselves and the rest 
of
> > the software development world?  I've written up a rough draft.

Awesome, other than the changes Jos suggested, I'm happy

> > Some of
> > the SC "edition" names might need some help.  I was trying to poke fun at
> > things like popular closed source naming schemes for OS's (e.g. basic
> > freedom edition), a bit towards our open source friends in other projects
> > (dwarfed freedom edition), and of course take a look our ourselves as well
> > (ultimate freedom edition).  Suggestions welcome.  Hopefully we can get
> > something posted early tomorrow if people like it so its up for most of
> > the day?  I'd imagine most of you are all sleeping right now and I'll be
> > sleeping till 8am EST so feel free to just post it with any changes the
> > group sees fit if you are happy with it before I wake up to respond.  Or
> > if you think its a terrible idea that's fine too.  My ego might still be
> > ok if Jos professes his undying love to me enough times.
> 
> I'd do that anyway.
> 
> > "Announcing the upcoming release of new customized KDE Software
> > Compilations
> > 
> > KDE has enjoyed great success over the years and today marks another
> > important step in the evolution of our growing community.  Many years ago
> > when KDE was just beginning we had a small user base and similar
> > expectations of how the software should work.  But with growth and success
> > also comes new users and new expectations.  As an effort to meet the
> > growing demands of our user community KDE has identified 3 key areas in
> > which we would like to better cater to users' needs.  In order to achieve
> > this it has been determined that there will be, going forward, 3 separate
> > releases of each Software Compilation tailored to these areas.
> > 
> > The first focus area is geared towards users who prefer the ultimate in
> > customization.  KDE has long been unmatched in its ability to give the 
user
> > full control of their software and we would like to take that to the next
> > level.  Starting with KDE SC 5 we will be creating a KDE SC "Ultimate
> > Freedom Edition".  This compilation will include one hundred percent
> > customization of every option, including full maintenance of backports of
> > every feature ever supported by KDE back to v3.0.
> 
> How about adding: "For quick access, all menu options will be provided on 
the 
> toolbar and the settings screens have been enhanced with double, tripple and 
> quadruple tabbars to make it contain more settings."
> 
> And we need a screenshot/mockup. Preferably something with the windows 
multi-
> row tabbar thing like MS Office has - the most difficult to use config tech in 
> the world :D

Would be great, but it takes a lot of time and effort to even mock up something 
that terrible. Would a screenshot from MS office do?
> 
> > The second focus area is aimed at users who enjoy the freedom of open
> > source, but prefer a simple set of default behavior from their software so
> > that they are not bombarded with constant decision making and choices when
> > setting up their software.  This version of the KDE SC has been code named
> > "Dwarfed Freedom Edition".  This compilation will bring all of the normal
> > KDE software you've come to love, but with scaled back numbers of options
> > in all desktop environment and application menus so as to make life a
> > little bit simpler for our users.
> 
> Dwarfed, huh, inside joke for sure, but funny.
> 
possible screenie (dwarf or basic): http://stu.asinen.org/kdedwarf.png

> > Last but not least, we would like to reach out to new users transitioning
> > to KDE from outside the world of open source.  We know that many people in
> > this category could probably care less about messing with any options at
> > all and want their computer to "just work".  To better meet this group's
> > needs we will be releasing KDE SC "Basic Freedom Edition".  This
> > compilation will focus on providing rock solid functionality without any
> > customization that might impair their ability to operate the computer. 
> > For your protection this compilation will be closed source, not allow you
> > to access root level functionality, and will fully enforce security
> > through obscurity thanks to the "black box" development processes that
> > will be used in creating this edition.
> 
> This one is real funny ;-)
> 
> > We are very excited to bring to you these great new compilations in the
> > coming months and will continue to bring up to the minute coverage here on
> > the Dot as the KDE community continues to drive software development into
> > the future!  Have a happy April 1st."
> 
> 
> Let go the "Have a happy April 1st." and it's fine to publish.

Yep, someone* will post happy april fools day in the comments anyway to show 
how smart they are that they didn't get taken in

*me, probably ;-)

> Love,
> Jos
> 
 
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