Re: "Why GNOME?"

["Curtis C. Hovey" <sinzui cox net>]

On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 13:31, Luis Villa wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 13:27, Aaron Weber wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 14:40, Peter Bowen wrote:
> > > > This looks a lot like www.gnome.org/about/; maybe it could get merged
> > > > instead of being a separate page?  Or maybe about should be something
> > > > different?
> > 
> > That makes sense-- most of those reasons are already there.
> > 
> > On the other hand: 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 13:09 +0000, Stuart Lowes wrote: 
> > > A simple solution would be having different pages for each user type.
> > > Each of these pages then can focus on the advantages for each user type
> > > and can be written in the correct language (i.e. plain english for
> > > end-users and more technical for developers).
> > 
> > We could have about/index.html be a short page, with links to "GNOME
> > For Developers" "GNOME for business" "GNOME for Everyone" It's even
> > possible that, if we keep it short, we can fit it all into one page.
> > Then we could link to testimonials and success stories... 
> 
> That's a great idea.

I second it.  Who wants to write some success stories?

> > And screenshots. Gotta have screenshots.
> 
> I still want a 'GNOME for historians' with links to ancient gnome
> screenshots. ;)

Jeff accommodates this idea in library.gnome.org.  Historical
documentation, outdated but valuable, would be marked as depreciated or
historical.


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