[ubuntu-art] Let the disappointments begin?

[Cory K.]

Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 14:37 -0400, Vadim Peretokin wrote:
>
>   
>> There have been dissapointed followers at each and every release of
>> the Ubuntu 8.10 alpha:
>>     
>
> I'm sure pretty much everyone here is aware of this. An observation that
> doesn't require any debate.
>
>   
>> I'm unsubscribing from the list for personal reasons, but one
>> non-artistic recommendation I can give, is that the PR definitely
>> needs work. There have been several cases of misinterpretation during
>> the alpha (like with the brown theme, which was supposedly just a test
>> one, but nobody was told that, and everyone thought it was the real
>> new one and gasped in horror). 
>>     
>
> The PR needs work, but it is not our PR. Not our theme, not our
> responsibility. However, it should be our responsibility to change this
> state.
>
> As long as there are countless idiots who will take things out of
> context and even make up stuff like that the Deviantart contest actually
> did happen and as long as the Ubuntu forums and places like Digg listen
> to them ... not much we can do about that.
>
> On the plus side, the whiners on forums and news sites are not everyone.
> They are just the loudest part of actual/potential users. Obviously ones
> who have much time to waste.
>
> Everyone wanting to reply here should first ask: Will my input move
> things forward in any way, add a new angle to the discussion? A question
> that Vadim should have asked himself, too.
>   

I propose to just ignore this as we really can't do anything about the
things raised here.

-Cory K.