Re: "Deployments" page sends the wrong message
- From: "Karen Sandler" <karen gnome org>
- To: marketing-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: "Deployments" page sends the wrong message
- Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:55:13 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, February 7, 2012 3:30 pm, Christy Eller wrote:
Hi-
I have been gathering some more info about recent deployments. Thanks to
Marina, I have added several more current deployments to our Deployments
wiki page, https://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/GnomeDeployments,
including a one using GNOME 3.0.2.
Thanks for working on this, it's great to have some current information there
My suggestion is that we split off the older deployments to another page,
called GNOME Deployments 2000-2008. I would prefer to have that info
available, but I agree with Joanie that seeing a list of really old
deployments could send a negative message. I would rename the current page
to Current Gnome Deployments, and would refer to the older deployments
page
there. I chose those dates, because I want to make sure that the current
page has enough data not to look too sparse.
That sound really great to me. I agree with you and Joanie that it doesn't
look good to have such old information on that main deployments page.
I'm trying to track down info on another couple of deployments I know of too.
karen
I hope to be able to report on more, perhaps get updates on the ones that
we have, and repair or retire the broken links. I also wonder if we should
try to highlight this information in a more public place. If you have
anything to add, it would be greatly appreciated!
Christy
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com>
wrote:
Hey all.
I just took a look at our Deployments page [1] in some detail. Here's
what I found regarding the linked reports [2] of deployments:
Summary:
* 32 total
* 12 broken (37.5%)
* 18 >= 5 years old (56.25%)
* Of the remaining 2 (6.25%) from the past two years:
* 1 uses GNOME 2.28
* 1 used GNOME 2.30
* 0% use GNOME 3.2
* 0% use GNOME 3.0
* 0% use GNOME 2.32
Details:
* Austria: 2005
* Belgium: 2006, 2003, (broken)
* Germany: 2005
* Ireland: (broken), 2004
* Italy: 2005
* Macedonia: 2005
* Spain: 2003, 2005, 2010 (but GNOME 2.28)
* United Kingdom: (broken), (broken), (broken)
* South America: 2003, (broken), 2004, 2005, (broken), (broken)
* Australia: (broken; references GNOME 2.8)
* China: 2005, (broken), 2003, (broken)
* India: 2011 (but GNOME 2.30)
* USA: 2002, (and a reference to 2005)
* Canada: 2005
* Other Resources: 2004, (broken)
My Opinions:
* At the best, what this page communicates to the outside world
(possibly including institutions considering whether or not to
deploy GNOME) is that we have some serious cruft removal to do
with respect to our marketing content.
* At the worst, it suggests that modern/current deployments do not
see GNOME 3.x as a viable option.
* Are either of these messages something we wish to convey? I
would argue no.
* Were it me, I would investigate the present status of all of the
existing deployments, remove those which are no longer valid,
solicit new reports from those which are valid, investigate
additional/"missing" deployments, and highlight those which are
based on GNOME 3. And if this cannot be done, I'd remove the
page entirely from our site because I do not think it helps our
cause.
* (It won't be me because I am busy contributing to the effort to
ensure that we are accessible to users who are blind. ;) )
For what it's worth....
Take care.
--joanie
[1] https://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/GnomeDeployments
[2] As opposed to generic/institute sites
--
marketing-list mailing list
marketing-list gnome org
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
--
marketing-list mailing list
marketing-list gnome org
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
[
Date Prev][
Date Next] [
Thread Prev][
Thread Next]
[
Thread Index]
[
Date Index]
[
Author Index]