Re: web site switch

Alan Dipert <[email protected]> Tue, 08 Apr 2003 11:41:50 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.linux.arklinux.webdevelopment
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>Hi all,
>since almost everybody agrees that the new site is already way
>better than the old one, we are considering to officially switch
>to the new layout today.

The page is looking excellent, and though there might be some tweaking yet 
to be done a conversion now would still be a good idea, I think.

>Actually, the only missing page is nowar.php (which we want
>ported to the new layout as well ;-).
>Is there any volunteer to fix it?

I will admit that I don't agree with the sentiment expressed on that page, 
but that's not the main reason I don't think it should be on the site.  It 
just isn't the kind of thing that one should place on a website dedicated 
to distributing a version of the Linux operating system.  If Ark were to 
become more popular, it could needlessly lose possible users - who would 
benefit from it - just because they were turned off by its perceived 
political spin.  No Linux distribution, I think, really needs a political 
attitude.  The nowar page is better suited for a personal website.

That's how I feel, but at the same time I think that Ark is too good of an 
idea for me to stop helping out with even if you guys and gals don't agree 
with me.

Alan