On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Karsten Wade wrote:
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 14:22 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> We wanted enough input to validate the direction the logo should take.
> The mechanism we used to gather that input was the Fedora marketing list.
> Why? Because this is *precisely* why the Fedora marketing group exists.
> And yes, that *necessarily* excludes 99% of the Fedora community -- but it
> *includes* the 1% who care enough about the direction of Fedora's brand to
> get *directly* involved.
It's a really sad state of affairs we are in.
Besides the marketing project, there is Extras and documentation that
have *very* high levels of community involvement. In fact, the
community members out number the @redhat.com people, hands down.
These forum posts insult every one of those community people, including
Matt. As with anything in open source, they better get their facts
straight before they start foaming at the mouth, or they deserve the bit
bucket they get put in.
It's ok. This kind of heat is a lot better than being ignored. If it
brings more well-intentioned people to the project, I think that's a fine
thing. And if it causes unreasonable people to decide that we're a bunch
of fascists and they'll take their allegiances elsewhere -- well, I have
no problem with that, either.
And most of all, I remember not to take it personal. I'm doing what I'm
convinced is right, as are we all. Good enough for me. :)
--g
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