RE: draft GNOME 2.10 press release

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

By the way, I just wanted to say that I found these comments very useful
and I was just about to make relevant changes before Luis came up with
his new effort. Please don't be discouraged and please keep reviewing
the drafts.

On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 09:47 +1300, John Williams wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Some comments from an anal-retentive:
> 
> "The GNOME architects have worked hard for the past six months, so you
> don't have to, fixing over 1200 reported bugs"
> 
> Should be replaced with
> 
> "The GNOME architects have worked hard for GNOME users over the past six
> months, fixing over 1200 reported bugs"
> 
> (I suspect that is a made-up quote, i.e. Elijah didn't actually say
> that)
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Add to:
> 
> GNOME makes stable releases every six months according to a reliable
> schedule, allowing ISVs and distributors to plan their own products with
> confidence.
> 
> With:
> 
> Planning and development of GNOME is conducted in publicly available
> electronic forums, such as open email lists, WWW pages and IRC channels.
> 
> ------------------------------------
> Replace:
> 
> "GNOME 2.10's enhancements and attention to detail total to an even
> better user experience", said Owen Taylor, GNOME Foundation chairperson.
> "The addition of multimedia applications complements that." 
> 
> With
> 
> "GNOME 2.10's enhancements and attention to detail deliver an even
> better user experience", said Owen Taylor, GNOME Foundation chairperson.
> "The addition of multimedia applications showcases that." 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> Replace:
> 
> The software includes the GNOME 2.10 desktop interface, file manager,
> menus and utilities, as well as the complete set of development tools
> and libraries.
> 
> With:
> 
> The software includes the GNOME 2.10 desktop interface, file manager,
> applications and utilities, as well as the complete set of development
> tools and libraries.
> 
> (Am I right?  I am thinking of Evolution in particular here)
> 
> ------------------------------------
> The "About GNOME" section really, really needs some information on
> adoption.  An estimate of the number of users, and a few major corporate
> and governmental installations, would help tremendously.
> 
> I know estimating users is hard.  Most vendors seem to use number of
> downloads as a proxy.  Can we do this?
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
> John
> 
> 
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> 
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