Re: [gnome-cy] Linux and Welsh Windows

[Rhoslyn Prys <rhoslyn prys ntlworld com>]

Ysgrifennodd Kevin Donnelly:

> (I'm posting this to the new cy list, since that's where non-GNOME stuff 
> should go now, but I'm also copying it to the gnome-cy list, just in case 
> there are some on it who haven't signed up to the cy list yet - if you are 
> also interested in non-GNOME translation stuff, sign up now ...)
>
> The press release I sent out yesterday has been taken up by the Western Mail 
> and the Daily Post (although I haven't seen the latter yet).  The WM has 
> about half a page given over to it, although the headline ("Microsoft logging 
> on to Welsh") is a bit misleading, since the reporter has in fact put in a 
> lot of good stuff about Linux.  There are a few errors, but he's done a 
> pretty amazing job, considering I only spoke to him for about half an hour, 
> and this was probably the first time he'd heard much about Linux.  I 
> especially like the caption to the photo: "Microsoft is catching up with its 
> smaller rival, the Linux operating system used by Welsh-speakers such as the 
> Donnelly family".  This "catch-up" point also comes up in a couple of other 
> places, eg when he makes the points about Nynorsk and Catalan.
>
> I tried in the interview to emphasise the community nature of Linux, and he 
> has put a good bit of that in (though he has missed out Owain's name, which I 
> gave as an example, and I hope my memory served me right when I said you were 
> in Reading, Owain :-), but he was also very focussed on the "human interest" 
> side, hence the photo and the info about Steffan.  There was also what seems 
> to be a standard request for a few examples of Welsh computerese.  There is 
> one surprisingly limp quote from MS, and a small box with the WLB 
> announcement.  Interestingly, the box says that MS and the WLB have been 
> planning the Welsh version since September 2003.  That would be after the OOo 
> demo at the Eisteddfod, and the Golwg article .....  hmmm.
>
> This is a much better article than the Golwg one, but it makes me wonder if we 
> shouldn't be trying to push the "human interest" angle a bit more if we want 
> to get column inches.  For instance, people outside Wales but still with a 
> commitment to helping the language (Owain, Dafydd, others?).  Or David Chan, 
> in Birmingham and with a name suggesting ancestry from farther away than 
> Pwllheli, helping to create Welsh software.  Or a school class using Scribus 
> for their class project.  Or one of the Cardiff schools finding some benefit 
> to using Linux on their servers.  There must by now be a few good angles we 
> can try.
>
> I know most people here are probably more interested in the "how", but there's 
> no point in a great how if there's no "when" (ie people using the how).  So 
> we need a few good "whats", and we need to make a serious push on this over 
> the next 6 months, before the Windows thing appears.  If anyone is interested 
> in this "public relations/marketing" aspect, PLEASE let's try and get 
> something going on a formal basis.
>
>  
Llongyfarchiadau Kevin.... :-)

Nid yn unig llun bach del iawn ohonnot ti a dy deulu ond mwy o ofod na 
Bwrdd yr Iaith a Microsoft!

Mae hyn yn dangos fod gan y cyfryngau ddiddordeb, yn enwedig os oes na 
'ddiddordeb personnol' a hyd yn oed gystadleuaeth neu ddrama.  Bydd mwy 
o hwnnw yn y man...

Mae'n siwr y bydd cyfleodd i ddatblygu straeon newydd -e.e  mae Personal 
Computer World newydd rhoi eu bathodyn gorau i Mandrake 9.2 a bydd modd 
ysgrifennu at y wasg Gymraeg yn ogystal �CW i son am hyn. (sori Kevin, 
daeth SUSE yn ail da  iawn :-)) Bydd Mozilla 1.6 allan cyn bo hir ac 
mae'n dechrau dod yn amser paratoi ar gyfer rown y gwanwyn o 
ddosbarthiadau Linux (MDK 10beta allan ddoe)

Beth am i ni gyfarfod a gweithio allan strategaeth a chael paned gyda'n 
gilydd  - amser cinio dydd Iau ym Mangor?

Rhos


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