Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:23:14 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Sean Chittenden <seanc@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Round two of the front page structure changes... Message-ID: <20031202212314.2451e05d.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20031203014606.GB81503@perrin.nxad.com> References: <20031202160640.1df85804.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20031203014606.GB81503@perrin.nxad.com>
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On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:46:06 -0800 Sean Chittenden <seanc@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > o Takes a stab at the Vendors area, without any modification. The > > vendors link(s) should probably go under our Software or 'Getting > > FreeBSD' areas. But this can be argued. > > In my experience, one of the areas that FreeBSD has consistently been > dinged in the "initial impressions by management" department is the > lack of an obvious link to a list of vendors that provide commercial > support. Why? Vendors doesn't translate into commercial support with > some folk for some reason. There's nothing on the main page that > references /commercial/ and I think it'd be helpful to those > evaluating the use of FreeBSD. It's a trivial change, but I think > helps. Attached patch reoganizes and makes the /commercial/ page more > concise and alphabetizes the list of vendor categories. Since I'm still hammering out the 'look' of the front page with everyone, could I ask that the first part of this diff wait for a little while? I do agree that commercial support is something that needs more light shed on it, but every part of the site will get equal attention. :) > > The last thing that I think the commerical section is *desparately* in > need of, is a list of vendors that provide long term, 24/7 support. > It's non-obvious that there is a bunch of companies that provide that > with our current setup and this is consistently one of the most > important aspects of commercial support for people deciding to use > FreeBSD. I don't have an answer for this at this time, but think that > it needs immediate attention before the 5.3 release (5.2's too close). Hmmm, if I can keep my Cell phone pluged in over night beside my bed, I see a way to make some quick cash... :) > > Anyway, /commercial/ needs a nice professional touch to it and to move > away from some of the flashy, high-energy verbiage that's in there now > to something more solid and grounded in its tone, but that's for > another day. The rest of your patch seems fine. If you want to work over this with patches being discussed on the list, feel free. > > PS meta keywords could be brought into the 21st century. "free unix > download stable fast performance smp" would be better than some of > the entries listed. Noted... -- Tom Rhodes
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