On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 10:19, Malcolm Tyrrell wrote:
That's very interesting. However, I might want to wait before considering publicising the IFSO CD this widely.
I understand your concerns, but this seems like too good an opportunity to pass up.
- We might be swamped with people looking for support. We're just not big enough and, besides, this isn't our core mission.
We might not be capable of handling the support, but the Linux community as a whole probably will be, which is why we should be clear that this is where people should seek support if they need it (isn't community-based support part of the point of free software?).
- It is a little over-branded as an IFSO production. Although it clearly states that it is "based on Morphix", I think that we might want to return one of their splash screens and include some more information about the precise relationship between our and their product.
Well, you could equally argue that Linux is a little over-branded as a Morphix production too :-) I am sure the origins of the CD can be accurately described within the pages of the newspaper, and I don't think its necessary to get overly concerned about branding, few other people are in the Linux community (provided that people aren't overtly misleading).
- I don't think the IFSO CD has the Irish dial-up specifics (not that I know much about that stuff).
Well, it will still serve its primary purpose (to give a taste of Linux) even if they don't get dialup working - although I suspect that someone ambitious enough to try will probably be able to figure it out.
Ian.