On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:58:54 +0000, Mike Hearn mike@navi.cx wrote:
A bit long, and not everyone will know what WGA is. I'd suggest just paraphrasing it:
"Wine is the most popular third party translation technology in use" -Microsoft
No, I wouldn't do that. I don't think it's libel, but IANAL and I don't really know.
I can't think of a good way to include the quote anywhere on the main page. Maybe it makes more sense starting off the "About" page?
Or, even better, we (and by "we" I mean someone other than me) go through some of the articles printed about Wine in the past year and dig out about 5 - 10 really good quotes. Then we (and by "we" I mean Newman) figures out a way to randomly the select the quotes and display them on the main page. Then just include the Microsoft quote with them. I think that would be neat and it would advertise a lot more.
In completely unrelated news, I've been meaning to send out something in the next few days reminding people to book hotel rooms for Wineconf. There is still space available - if they told you otherwise please double check. March 17th is the last date for reserving a room there. Also, I need to sit down and spend some time looking over agenda ideas. If you have any ideas at all, or want to present something cool, let me know.
- Brian
On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 11:34 -0700, Brian Vincent wrote:
Or, even better, we (and by "we" I mean someone other than me) go through some of the articles printed about Wine in the past year and dig out about 5 - 10 really good quotes. Then we (and by "we" I mean Newman) figures out a way to randomly the select the quotes and display them on the main page. Then just include the Microsoft quote with them. I think that would be neat and it would advertise a lot more.
Just get me a list of quotes, and I will whip up a plugin for the website that randomly displays them. Not 100% sure where to put them. Possibly in the footer underneath the news. Similar to the random blurb you see in the footer of the slashdot page. Or, I make a new box that appears underneath the wine release box before the WWN box.
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:31:12 -0600, Jeremy Newman jnewman@codeweavers.com wrote:
Just get me a list of quotes, and I will whip up a plugin for the website that randomly displays them.
I can't pass up an offer like that. Thanks Jeremy! See below for quotes.
Not 100% sure where to put them. Possibly in the footer underneath the news. Similar to the random blurb you see in the footer of the slashdot page. Or, I make a new box that appears underneath the wine release box before the WWN box.
I like the idea of a new box under the WWN box.
Okay, here's six: "If you simply must run your Windows programs, chances are you can make them work with Wine." - Tom's Hardware Guide
"Experts say the use of Wine by a corporation such as Disney to solve a technology problem gives legitimacy to the idea of running Linux on the desktop." - eWeek
"Wine seems to be a good starting point for users who want to make the break from Windows to Linux" - Scott Lowe, ZDNet UK
"[Wine is] just great for filling in the gaps in my installation" - Roger Mier,Linux.com
"Although there are a few methods of emulation available, Wine is one of the most complete and effective" - Chad Robinson, Robert Frances Group Inc.
"[Wine is] the most popular third-party translation technology in use" - Microsoft spokesperson
-Brian
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 05:34, Brian Vincent wrote:
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:58:54 +0000, Mike Hearn mike@navi.cx wrote:
A bit long, and not everyone will know what WGA is. I'd suggest just paraphrasing it:
"Wine is the most popular third party translation technology in use" -Microsoft
No, I wouldn't do that. I don't think it's libel, but IANAL and I don't really know.
It is not, even if done as shown above.
However when doing this you need to enclose the paraphrased bits in square brackets so that it makes it clear to people that they should not expect to find the literal words:
"[WINE is] the most popular third party translation technology in use" - Microsoft
Or you can say:
Microsoft has stated that WINE is "the most popular third party translation technology in use" for running Windows applications on other platforms.
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