Re: Computing made easy

[Cory Watson <gphat cafes net>]

I don't think it's the best slogan in the world, but it's better than most 
of the ones people have been submitting.  Those of us who are using GNOME 
for it's GNU affiliations are already here.  Why not attract those that 
aren't familiar with these practices, and then gently guide them into 
understanding GNU, the FSF, and the GPL?

If my little brother, the budding computer user that he is, was faced with 
two 'slogans' when he loaded the site: "Computing made easy", or something 
concerning GNU, the first one will make more sense to him.  Sure, he'll 
probably keep reading either way, but he will be more comfortable with 
something on his level.  It's not our want to attract only other hackers is 
it?  The FSF's whole goal is to produce a bunch of Free software for the 
world to use right?  Why don't we attract everyone to our little gem of a 
desktop environment.  Theres no reason that the work of so many dedicated 
individuals should be limited to a small group.

</soapbox>

Phew.  I'm just not happy with the way this list is so vehemently trying to 
stuff the word GNU into something as silly as the slogan at the top of the 
GNOME page.  Why don't we focus on the code and the architecture rather 
than discussing such small details as the slogan on the page.  If you don't 
agree, just ignore me, lets not contribute to the clutter, we can discuss 
it somewhere else.  Email me privately or something;)

At 08:11 PM 6/22/00 +0100, Toby Jaffey wrote:
>There has been a lot of discussion about this marketing style slogan on
>the gnome-list mailing list.
>
>Where did it come from?
>
>Why is it there?
>
>How soon will it be gone?
>
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Cory 'G' Watson