From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 18:23:17 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B389F16A4CE; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:23:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23D8043FBF; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:23:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost ([192.168.0.5]) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id hB32NF6q003896; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:23:15 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:23:14 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Sean Chittenden 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> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: FreeBSD-www@FreeBSD.org cc: FreeBSD-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Round two of the front page structure changes... X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:23:17 -0000 On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 17:46:06 -0800 Sean Chittenden 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