From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 18:43:34 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 B0A8316A4CE; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:43:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0102B43FDD; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:43:33 -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 hB32hW6q003975; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:43:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:43:30 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Sean Chittenden Message-Id: <20031202214330.7e65be01.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20031203023009.GG16547@perrin.nxad.com> References: <20031202160640.1df85804.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20031203014606.GB81503@perrin.nxad.com> <20031202212314.2451e05d.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> <20031203023009.GG16547@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 02:43:34 -0000 On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:30:09 -0800 Sean Chittenden wrote: > > 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. :) > > Or simply incorporate it into your bits? It wasn't what I'd call a > substantive amount of work on my part. :) Actually, I thought I did that in my patch? If I neglected it, then i'll fix right away... :) > > > > 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... :) > > If the money is flowing from a company to a person or to another > company, and the recipient of the money was found through this > resource, I'd say that's good news for FreeBSD. :) That said, why not > leave your cell phone on over night? I think the criteria should be Battery would drain (I need a new one). :) > having a website of some sort, which should keep the support area > clean of people looking for a buck or two who aren't setup for long > term support. There's no substitute for due-diligence on the part of > a company. Good point. I think that is the current criteria anyways, but I'm not that familiar with the commercial gallery unfortunately... > > > > 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. > > I'll start with committing commercial.sgml for now and will put > together the support section bits here in the next day or so and will > post the patches on www@. -sc Just be sure you run changes through Ceri. He's listed as the Commercial gallery editor on the contributors page. As for the support section bits, I have a few ideas that I would gladly run by you if you want to hear them. Thanks for the help with this! -- Tom Rhodes