Big Tent - Many Clowns... (A month late and distro short...)

[jelkner at divmod.com]

Oops, I ment Breezy, not Hoary ;-)

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:10:34 +0000, jelkner at divmod.com wrote:
>On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:23:40 +0200, Jane Weideman <janew at hbd.com> wrote:
>>On Fri, 2005-06-24 at 10:18 -0400, flint at flint.com wrote:
>>>Jeff Elkner suggested to me and I suggest to the list that we are not
>>>being inclusive enough in this selection process.  Jeff pointed out to me
>>>that if an instructor or educational technologist in the future generates
>>>a version of Edubuntu (for instance using Launchpad :^) that would benefit
>>>from the chemistry-themed logo, then that is the logo that should be used.
>>>
>>>I believe that what Elkner is saying to us is that the rich set of
>>>alternatives for the edubuntu logo is a feature to be exploited not a bug
>>>to be eliminated.
>>>
>>>So my question to the list is "Why can't we just use them all?".
>>
>>Er, I think while your suggestion does have merit, and we could have a
>>bank of usable designs available for distros. I think from a branding
>>perspective we should have one logo that becomes known as Edubuntu, and
>>certainly one chosen for the October official first release.
>>
>>Strong brands have strong recognisable branding.
>>
>>Thanks
>>JaneW
>
>Seems to me we need the best of both worlds here.  Since Edubuntu will be 
>free software, customization will be possible anyway.  I understand and 
>agree that there should be one "official" Edubuntu brand, but we need 
>community space to be able to *theme* it as well.  The other logos could be 
>part of community supported themes.
>
>Giving Edubuntu a chemistry look in a chemistry class and a K-6 look in an 
>elementary class will go a long way toward helping popularize it, at the 
>same time reinforcing the idea that free software is "our" software.
>
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>On another note, I understand the need for the first release of Edubuntu to 
>coincide with the release of Hoary, but an October release is a month too 
>late for most educational institutions to make use of it this year.  This 
>probably means they won't be able to use it until the following September, 
>11 months after it's first release.
>
>A well promoted beta release in the beginning of September together with a 
>fairly smooth transition to the final release could be a big help here...
>
>jeff elkner
>open book project
>http://ibiblio.org/obp
>