[TEAM] Gathering "testimonials" for marketing purposes

[Pasi Lallinaho]

If you look at it from the other side of the coin, why create something 
that you don't want to spread to as many people as possible?

Cheers,
Pasi

On 2016-08-06 03:13, JMZ wrote:
>
> Pardon my confusion, but why market something that's not for sale?
>
> I've been using desktop Linux for quite some time, and I would never, 
> ever return to Windows for personal use (I fix MS machines frequently 
> though).  I love the amazing flexibility of bash, and the open 
> platform for xfce among other environments.
>
> Desktop Linux has a low single digit adoption rate because the vast 
> majority of critical system functions can't be performed from within 
> the gui.  If someone is unwilling to use bash or another shell, he or 
> she will probably get frustrated and go to Windows or OSX.  The cli is 
> holding Linux back from wider adoption, but there's no way around 
> learning and using commands.
>
> Jordan
>
> On 08/05/2016 08:04 AM, Sean Davis wrote:
>>
>> This sounds like a good idea to me. If there's any way we can 
>> simplify the process (copy and paste template, online submission 
>> form, etc) I feel like that would improve the quality and quantity of 
>> submissions.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016, 5:24 PM Pasi Lallinaho <pasi at shimmerproject.org 
>> <mailto:pasi at shimmerproject.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hello team,
>>
>>     especially during the #LoveXubuntu campaign we've got quite a
>>     bunch of
>>     "thanks" from our users. These include stories about how Xubuntu has
>>     made the users' computing experience better, good arguments for why
>>     Xubuntu is the best OS for them (and potentially others) etc.
>>
>>     Currently, we are officially only gathering submissions for the
>>     #LoveXubuntu contest, but some of these mails has left me thinking we
>>     could gather some of these "testimonials" for potential marketing
>>     purposes in the future. Use cases that I can imagine from the top
>>     of my
>>     head include the Xubuntu flyer, our website and more.
>>
>>     My proposal (in a very early idea stage) is that in addition to
>>     specific
>>     contest and campaigns, we could use the Xubuntu-contacts mailing list
>>     for gathering these "testimonials" and thanks. This would need
>>     some kind
>>     of organization:
>>
>>     1) Create a page that describes what we are looking, with
>>     instructions
>>     (see further points)
>>
>>     2) Require the submissions to have a certain tag at the beginning
>>     of the
>>     subject
>>     This helps us when we seek for any content in the mailing list
>>     archive.
>>
>>     3) Require the submitter to agree that we can use their content
>>     however
>>     we want (either by licensing, or a generic permission)
>>     We likely need the users to send this approval with their
>>     submission on
>>     the mailing list. To do this, we can instruct them to specify which
>>     license they want to use, or use any kind of general permission
>>     text. At
>>     this point, I would say we shouldn't approve content which license or
>>     terms isn't specified (clearly enough) on the mail.
>>
>>     What do you think?
>>
>>
>>     At the same time, I want to remind that anybody in the team who
>>     wishes
>>     to read the mailing list archive can simply ask to get
>>     subscribed. The
>>     list has been very light in traffic so far, so no extra hands are
>>     required for moderation at this point.
>>
>>     Cheers,
>>     Pasi
>>
>>     --
>>     Pasi Lallinaho (knome)       › http://open.knome.fi/
>>     Leader of Shimmer Project    › http://shimmerproject.org/
>>     Xubuntu Website Lead         › http://xubuntu.org/
>>
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Pasi Lallinaho (knome)       › http://open.knome.fi/
Leader of Shimmer Project    › http://shimmerproject.org/
Xubuntu Website Lead         › http://xubuntu.org/

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