Re: Advertisement for gnustep

[Markus Hitter]

Am 13.09.2006 um 02:22 schrieb Nicola Pero:

> > > Just good will and appealing to it alone is not enough. Thats maybe
> > > makes you feel better but you won't reach a single target that way.
> >
> > Well, it will draw attention, at least.  A lot of people will examine
> > the website and some of them might find the project interesting.
> > Others might discover that GNUstep is a liberation effort and may
> > decide to join, just like the GNU Classpath has attracted developers
> > (that are freedom fighters).  And  I really hope that it will attract
> > users, they're desperately needed.
>
> I have to agree with Yavor here.  I mean remember the advert/notice is
> supposed to go on the GNU website!  People reading the advert will  
> be exactly the
> kind of people who Yavor mentions, ie, GNU advocates, "freedom  
> fighters" (or wannabe freedom fighters). :-)

Perhaps a hint to the nature of GNUstep would be a good idea:

,----
| Please contribute as user and developer to GNUstep[link], a free
| object-oriented framework for application development in the heritage
| of NeXTstep, and help it achieve the status of a complete and
| featured desktop environment.
`----

This should be hint enough GNUstep isn't some fancy experimantal  
stuff but based on proven, solid design. Since NeXTstep is neither a  
current nor a target OS, freedom fighters won't be disattracted,  
still people with commercial stuff in mind have a reason to take a  
closer look.


my $0.02
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