From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 19:53:55 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF16216A4CE; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:53:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from engine140.deployzone.net (engine140.deployzone.net [193.17.85.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F016143D1F; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:53:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@czv.com) Received: from adsl-212-90-218-5.cybernet.ch [212.90.218.5] by engine140.deployzone.net; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:53:14 +0100 In-Reply-To: <420E5604.9040401@401.cx> References: <420E5604.9040401@401.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <8c411210ef532a4d2d5fd69636632809@czv.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chris Zumbrunn Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:53:50 +0100 To: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:53:55 -0000 On Feb 12, 2005, at 8:16 PM, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Roger >>> 'Rocky' >>> Vetterberg >>> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2005 9:26 AM >>> To: Chris Zumbrunn >>> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... >>> >>> >>> However, everytime I've tried to suggest even the slightest change >>> to freebsd.org, people has started to kick and scream and preach >>> about the end of the OS as we know it. >> I have never kicked and screamed about changes to the website layout >> or such, as long as we don't get rid of the recognizable logos on it. > > As far as Im concerned, there are no logos on the website. There is a > mascot, but no logo. This, it seems, is a matter of opinion. > >> What I and others have always said when someone like you comes along >> is that you should go for it. Put up a prototype website, it's a >> free country. Let us look at it. If it's better then the doc people >> will welcome your efforts on it. > > 'Better' would be a matter of opinion. It would also depend on how you > define a good website. For technical people looking for documentation, > the current website is very good. For marketing purposes, it sucks. > Eventough it is possible to combine the two, I advocate the separated > .org/.com solution, simply because the target audiences have very > different needs. You, clearly belonging in the technical category, > refuses to complement Beastie with a more proffesional logo, something > I think is necessary to satisfy the second category. Hence, a separate > site for marketing people seems to be a necessity. Don't you think this Beastie qualifies as a professional logo? http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/beastie.gif chris@czv.com +41 329 41 41 41 Chris Zumbrunn Ventures - http://www.czv.com/ Internet Application Technology - Reduced to the Maximum