[SoaS] [Marketing] updating the draft decision panel report

[Carlo Falciola]

Portable Sugar?

carlo

--- Mer 4/11/09, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Da: Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com>
> Oggetto: Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report
> A: "Sean DALY" <sdaly.be at gmail.com>
> Cc: tabitha at hrdnz.com, "Sugar Labs Marketing" <marketing at lists.sugarlabs.org>, "Caryl Bigenho" <cbigenho at hotmail.com>, "Mailing lists" <soas at lists.sugarlabs.org>, Sugar-Labs at solarsail.media.mit.edu
> Data: Mercoledì 4 novembre 2009, 00:47
> 
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> The marketing list has again disappeared, I have added it
> back, again.
> 
> 
> Weird, thanks.
>  
> This seems reasonable, but all it would do is compromise
> Sugar on a
> 
> Stick as a meaningful name. 
> Any other suggestion for a generic name for the class of
> external-media distributions would be fine.  Sebastian
> likes "Sugar Live Media" which works for me.  
> 
>  > The most generic term for what Sugar on a
> Stick is "a liveUSB version
> 
> > of Sugar". 
> 
> This seems somewhat confusing to me, since as a newbie I
> wouldn't know what 'liveUSB' means and I might
> be using an SD card.  
> 
> SJ
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Caryl Bigenho <cbigenho at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi...
> 
> >
> 
> > It's sort of like root beer...
> 
> >
> 
> > You can buy A&W or Barq's or other private
> labels... or make your own. It is
> 
> > still "root beer."
> 
> >
> 
> > Sugar on a Stick is really exactly what it says, Sugar
> running on a usb
> 
> > stick. It is a very descriptive label.  To call other
> distributions of Sugar
> 
> > on a usb stick something else would be confusing.
> However, calling it say,
> 
> > "Blueberry Sugar on a Stick by Sugar Labs"
> or "Orange Sugar on a Stick by
> 
> > Skunk Works" would distinguish the developer and
> variety without being
> 
> > confusing and still tell folks what it is.
> 
> >
> 
> > Then they could tell one another... "get the
> Blueberry by SugarLabs, it's
> 
> > much better than Skunk Works' Orange."
> 
> >
> 
> > Remember your, generally, technologically  innocent
> (not all of them)
> 
> > intended end user.
> 
> >
> 
> > Caryl
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> >
> 
> >> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:31:33 +0000
> 
> >> From: martin at martindengler.com
> 
> >> To: cbigenho at hotmail.com
> 
> >> CC: dmc.sugar at filteredperception.org;
> tabitha at hrdnz.com;
> 
> >> soas at lists.sugarlabs.org
> 
> >> Subject: Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision
> panel report
> 
> >>
> 
> >> On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 11:08:22PM -0800, Caryl
> Bigenho wrote:
> 
> >>
> 
> >> I'm having trouble squaring this with your
> earlier
> 
> >> statement[1]. Aren't you saying both:
> 
> >>
> 
> >> > > [let's allow lots of "Sugar On
> A Stick" products]
> 
> >>
> 
> >> and[2]:
> 
> >>
> 
> >> > [too many names are confusing]
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Please can you explain how to reconcile both [1]
> and [2].
> 
> >>
> 
> >> > Caryl
> 
> >>
> 
> >> Martin
> 
> >>
> 
> >> 1.
> 
> >> > > Hi... I guess I've become the
> minority. I still believe that the
> 
> >> > > name "Sugar On A Stick" should
> be allowed for all distributions of
> 
> >> > > Sugar on a usb stick or even a live CD.
> Sugar Labs can control
> 
> >> > > and identify their special builds in a
> special way... "SoaS by
> 
> >> > > SugarLabs" or whatever, but the
> term has already become so generic
> 
> >> > > that trying to make it exclusive at this
> point seems to be a waste
> 
> >> > > of time and energy.
> 
> >>
> 
> >> 2.
> 
> >> > Having many different names for different
> versions of Sugar on a usb
> 
> >> > stick will only confuse them.
> 
> >>
> 
> >
> 
> >
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