On Tue, 20 Apr 2010, David Nalley wrote:
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Adam Williamson
<awilliam(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> So, Zarafa is getting a lot of press attention:
>
>
http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=6298
>
> some of it is fairly unflattering:
>
>
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3877446/Fedora-13-Beta-...
>
> I'm a bit uncomfortable with this myself; the availability of Zarafa in
> Fedora seems to be being read in ways in which we certainly didn't
> intend it (as an aspect of commercialization, as some kind of Red
> Hat-parachuted feature and hence an indication of RH's future
> directions, etc).
>
> I'm wondering if perhaps we should pull Zarafa's mention as a
'feature'
> of Fedora 13, or if not that, then certainly develop a more coherent
> story about its inclusion, what it's for, why it's in Fedora, and the
> whole 'open core' angle on it...
>
> What do people think?
First, I don't think we can pull it at this point (Streisand effect and
all). Second, this (Zarafa's inclusion in Fedora) is a wonderful success
story that I think we should use the opportunity to highlight that a
community member (or two) worked to get this feature in the
distribution. Even if we have to tell that story as a correction - it's
still a powerful one, IMO. -- marketing mailing list
marketing(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
ZAFARA: THREAT OR MENACE?
:)
As an editor of a publication myself, I know the power of an interesting
title. If Bruce wants to allege that some of these changes are
"troubling", that's his right -- but let's not draw any more attention
than is due here. Of the four commenters, three of them are us.
I think our defense is strong enough. I'd say let things ride.
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