Re: release promotion in a box

On Friday, August 02, 2013 17:12:06 Kenny Duffus wrote:
> On Friday 02 Aug 2013 16:47:18 Sebastian Gruener wrote:
> > Am Freitag, 2. August 2013, 11:52:09 schrieb Kenny Duffus:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I noticed in Jos' blogpost[1] a nicely rendered "product box"[2] for
> > > openSUSE, that struck me as a great image to use for KDE releases.
> > > 
> > > I think the box works well as a concrete this is a real thing you can
> > > get
> > > all in one coherant package, paticuarly for anyone older than a
> > > teenager.
> > > 
> > > I'm struggling a bit to describe this but i think it really helps give
> > > the
> > > idea that the release is something you can just pick up and use.
> > > 
> > > Not sure what others think? It would obviously require an artist to
> > > create
> > > something new each major release.
> > > 
> > > 1. http://blog.jospoortvliet.com/2013/08/osc13-strategy-and-stable.html
> > > 2.
> > > http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fBuFYUWgbow/Uft04XJBpVI/AAAAAAAAEH0/wVndsxf6Xx
> > > M/
> > > s
> > > 1600/123_Boxshot_3D_opensourcepress.png
> > 
> > Hey,
> > 
> > just two things that struck my mind.
> > 
> > 1. One can actually buy this Opensuse-Box [1]. Hence I wouldn't use this
> > kind of promo for KDE, as long as one can't buy this anywhere.
> 
> Maybe promoting that you can buy support for KDE is something worth
> promoting?

If you can get support for KDE somewhere (paid) it would certainly be worth 
promoting, but does any company offer that, generic, distro-independent?

> > 2. I personally don't think that this is good promo-material for software
> > at all, nowadays. I'm either to young for this, as you noted (never
> > bought software in a box) or I'm too spoiled with broadband-internet.
> > 
> > The latter might not be true for "rural" areas, but if I even take this
> > into account, the first problem remains.
> > 
> > And before I forget, the image looks quite good though.
> 
> I thought it was an idea worth raising to see others thoughts, thanks.

I don't think it's a crazy idea, I kind'a like the image and idea too...


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