seb bacon wrote:
DC's commitment to the community is great. I feel like I know most of the developers, how they code, what they're responsible for, because they regularly contribute to the list. That's why I think the manner of getting the latest mail leaves a sour taste in the mouth. We know there's a new CEO, we don't know much about him, he's never introduced himself on the list (has he?), and the first thing we get from him is this spamlike email. It doesn't do much to allay any of the semiconscious but probably unfounded worries I have about the future of this brilliant software and community (did somebody say arsdigita?). It just seems badly thought out, non-consensual, that sort of thing.
Brian Methvin, welcome to Zopeland - how do you do? :)
This is a good approach. The DC developers will certainly tell him how important the relationship is and how to treat it. We should treat Mr. Methvin like a newbie that sends HTML mail to the list. Just tell him nicely that, that is not how things are done, give him a couple of URL's (http://www.opensource.org/advocacy/case_for_business.html) has some great references. Maybe a post to the mailing list would have been good? I think in that case they would have missed a lot of people taht signed up at Zope.org and then didn't participate for one reason or another. THEY are the people (from a marketing perspective) that they want to reach. They already have us. <vbg> My $.02, -- Tim Cook, President - FreePM,Inc. http://www.FreePM.com Office: (731) 884-4126 ONLINE DEMO: http://www.freepm.org:8080/FreePM