Re: "Deployments" page sends the wrong message

[Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>]

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Karen Sandler <karen gnome org> wrote:
> On Thu, February 9, 2012 6:57 am, Allan Day wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Karen Sandler <karen gnome org> wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> What's this page used for? Is it worth the effort of ongoing maintenance?
>
> In the most general way, I think it's important to have a place where we
> show people where GNOME is being used. More specifically, I have wanted to
> point potential new partners to this page but have hesitated because it's
> so out of date. It's nice to be able to show folks that GNOME is used
> successfully in real endeavours. Were the page somewhat current, we could
> also use it as a reference for grant applications and the like.

OK, just checking. :)

Allan