On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 01:07 +0100, Matthias Kirschner wrote:
I tend to be against moving the text. As than we could also delete it. Nobody will read it when it is on another site.
I disagree with your assumption and counter with mine ;-)
My belief is that the number of links to pdfreaders.org could be substantially higher if we moved the text. While most Free Software friendly organisations would have no second thoughts about linking to it, the site will not receive the exposure it deserves from outside the community as long as it appears to be directed towards potential Free Software activists. The added number of links would clearly outweigh the number of people not clicking on "About".
I think many organisations that don't know what Free Software is could be more easily convinced to link to pdfreaders.org if the text on the front page were "lighter". In my view, these are the people that we want to reach, as PDF readers in general could be a good way to show the diversity and possibilities of Free Software -- much because it breaks the preconceived notion of Adobe's monopoly on reader software.
If I still haven't managed to convince any of you than I shall concede. Although I feel strongly that this would be very advantageous for the campaign, I will now let the popular vote decide and not push the argument further.
all the best, /Stian