23 Feb
2007
23 Feb
'07
1:46 p.m.
Hi all,
I asked in our last IRC meeting for your opinion on getting sponsors for
openSUSE. To reach all of you I ask additionally on the mailinglist.
We're currently looking for sponsors for the Build Service - hardware,
bandwith and money. That's to increase performance and get broader backing
for the whole project.
The sponsors obviously want something back - presence. We'd like to offer them
logo visibility at opensuse.org, build.opensuse.org and some high frequent
pages like the downlaod pages. We'd reserve one place for a logo which is
used randomley by all sponsors and won't be flashy, blinking images or
similar. And we're talking only to companies in the IT environment.
Let me know what you're thinking about it.
Regards
Michael
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23 Feb
23 Feb
4:14 p.m.
Michael Loeffler wrote:
Hi all,
I asked in our last IRC meeting for your opinion on getting sponsors for
openSUSE.
why not :-)
Build Service - hardware,
bandwith and money
did you ask sourceforge/ibiblio?
Let me know what you're thinking about it.
In my opinion, you can have two kind of "sponsors"
* relatively small companies that can share some computer power and
will really gain visibility doing so. You didn't say what kind of help
"size" you want (is it one computer, distributed power "a la seti
home", $10 or $10^6?)
* big ones (IBM, SUN, HP...) and for these, you a better placed than
we are :-) but the gift can be much more
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8:36 p.m.
IMHO, this is great idea !
Because I think, that expanse of the OpenSource software in general is just a
sweet dream without serious and continuous support and cooperation from/with
commercial "companies". What I am trying to say is : No Money No Jazz ...
Personally I would like to see the logos of great commercial Linux
supporters :)
But there is one thing, which could earn some coins to openSuSE :
Small presents thingies like T-Shirt, Mug, Cap or just stickers for
PCs/laptops etc.
People can say, thousand reasons why not to sell some stuff like this, for
example cause u need a producer, distributor etc. for these thingies, but I
am just wondering, why Novell won't take care of it?
Second reason one could say is that nobody will buy these things. I say that
people who even love Microsoft would never wear the cap with white M$ logo,
but I think that most of the openSuSE users would love to wear GreenLizzard
wherever and by this way let the others know "Hey, you know this is a logo of
my favourite Linux distro !"
I hope I wasn't emotional too much ;)
Best whishes with gathering some money for MY FAVOURITE :)
KaiSVK
On Friday 23 February 2007 13:46, Michael Loeffler wrote:
Hi all,
I asked in our last IRC meeting for your opinion on getting sponsors for
openSUSE. To reach all of you I ask additionally on the mailinglist.
We're currently looking for sponsors for the Build Service - hardware,
bandwith and money. That's to increase performance and get broader backing
for the whole project.
The sponsors obviously want something back - presence. We'd like to offer
them logo visibility at opensuse.org, build.opensuse.org and some high
frequent pages like the downlaod pages. We'd reserve one place for a logo
which is used randomley by all sponsors and won't be flashy, blinking
images or similar. And we're talking only to companies in the IT
environment.
Let me know what you're thinking about it.
Regards
Michael
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9:41 p.m.
On Friday 23 February 2007 20:36, Jozef Peterka wrote:
IMHO, this is great idea !
Because I think, that expanse of the OpenSource software in general is just
a sweet dream without serious and continuous support and cooperation
from/with commercial "companies". What I am trying to say is : No Money No
Jazz ... Personally I would like to see the logos of great commercial Linux
supporters :)
That's where we try to get.
But there is one thing, which could earn some coins to openSuSE :
Small presents thingies like T-Shirt, Mug, Cap or just stickers for
PCs/laptops etc.
People can say, thousand reasons why not to sell some stuff like this, for
example cause u need a producer, distributor etc. for these thingies, but I
am just wondering, why Novell won't take care of it?
That's on our to-do
list. We have now addtional backing form Novell's Product
Marketing team and need to talk to some vendor who could do this for us.
Regards
Michael
Second reason one could say is that nobody will buy
these things. I say
that people who even love Microsoft would never wear the cap with white M$
logo, but I think that most of the openSuSE users would love to wear
GreenLizzard wherever and by this way let the others know "Hey, you know
this is a logo of my favourite Linux distro !"
I hope I wasn't emotional too much ;)
Best whishes with gathering some money for MY FAVOURITE :)
KaiSVK
On Friday 23 February 2007 13:46, Michael Loeffler wrote:
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Hi all,
I asked in our last IRC meeting for your opinion on getting sponsors for
openSUSE. To reach all of you I ask additionally on the mailinglist.
We're currently looking for sponsors for the Build Service - hardware,
bandwith and money. That's to increase performance and get broader
backing for the whole project.
The sponsors obviously want something back - presence. We'd like to offer
them logo visibility at opensuse.org, build.opensuse.org and some high
frequent pages like the downlaod pages. We'd reserve one place for a logo
which is used randomley by all sponsors and won't be flashy, blinking
images or similar. And we're talking only to companies in the IT
environment.
Let me know what you're thinking about it.
Regards
Michael
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8:58 p.m.
Michael Loeffler wrote:
I asked in our last IRC meeting for your opinion on
getting sponsors for
openSUSE. To reach all of you I ask additionally on the mailinglist.
We're currently looking for sponsors for the Build Service - hardware,
bandwith and money. That's to increase performance and get broader backing
for the whole project.
The sponsors obviously want something back - presence. We'd like to offer them
logo visibility at opensuse.org, build.opensuse.org and some high frequent
pages like the downlaod pages. We'd reserve one place for a logo which is
used randomley by all sponsors and won't be flashy, blinking images or
similar. And we're talking only to companies in the IT environment.
So far, the openSUSE project has primarily been sponsored by Novell, and
Novell has the biggest influence on the whole project. If there were new
sponsors, wouldn't it be likely that they do not only want "presence"
but also some (whatever that might be) influence on the project or (at
least) the build service?
It might be seen as a good thing or a bad thing, I haven't made up my
mind about it yet. I am just curious how Novell plans to deal with this
subject (influence on the project, administration of the whole project,
etc.) in the future. If it's only about "presence", I can't see a
problem.
Cheers, Th.
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26 Feb
26 Feb
12:09 a.m.
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Michael Loeffler wrote:
I asked in our last IRC meeting for your opinion on
getting sponsors for
openSUSE. To reach all of you I ask additionally on the mailinglist.
We're currently looking for sponsors for the Build Service - hardware,
bandwith and money. That's to increase performance and get broader backing
for the whole project.
The sponsors obviously want something back - presence. We'd like to offer them
logo visibility at opensuse.org, build.opensuse.org and some high frequent
pages like the downlaod pages. We'd reserve one place for a logo which is
used randomley by all sponsors and won't be flashy, blinking images or
similar. And we're talking only to companies in the IT environment.
Ummm... is it just me or... don't they already get the great openSUSE
Build Service ?
If they want to use it and "invest" into it to make sure the quality,
build power, etc... is available, they should sponsor it.
Don't you think it's enough of a benefit for them ?
cheers
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1:21 a.m.
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 12:09:40AM +0100, Pascal Bleser wrote:
Ummm... is it just me or... don't they already get
the great openSUSE
Build Service ?
What advantage do the companies that have the highest potential to sponsor
such hardware draw out of that?
If they want to use it and "invest" into it
to make sure the quality,
build power, etc... is available, they should sponsor it.
Well, it is always easy to say someone should to this or that. If they don't
do so it does not really help.
Don't you think it's enough of a benefit for
them ?
Have you ever talked to companies to gain some money for a project? Sure, you
can get some for technical solutions if a company does have some real interest
in what you produce. But it is much easier and you get much more money if you
attribute their contribution at a popular place.
It is like sport sponsoring. Sure an athlet can get some equipment sometimes
if he agrees to give feedback about the quality to the manufacturer. But life
gets much easier for him if he places a logo of this vendor somewhere onto his
sportswear.
Apart from that: What's wrong with placing a logo of the sponsors on the
pages? I think this is just fair.
Robert
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