On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 22:05:33 +0100, Raphaël Quinet wrote:

A few months ago, it has been suggested in bug #149972 that we add some testimonials of GIMP usage on our web site. A first example was submitted by Blake Madden but it would be nice to collect a couple of other good testimonials before putting them on a web page.

Are you or do you know some professional artist/designer/publisher who uses the GIMP and can provide a testimonial mentioning the name of your/her/his company? If yes, then please add your testimonial to this bug report (or send it to me and ask me to add it if you do not want use Bugzilla yourself):
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=149972 Once we have several good tutorials, they will be put on a new web page on the web site.

Some suggestions if you write a GIMP testimonial: be honest and positive without over-emphasis, avoid negative comments about other programs, check your speeling, keep it relatively short and make sure that you are allowed to mention the name (and the country/state) of your company in the testimonial. Personal testimonials from artists who are not necessarily affiliated with a company are also welcome but it is probably too easy (*) to get personal testimonials so the focus should be on those coming from professionals.

-Raphaël

(*) When I see the large number of very nice splash screens that were submitted in the contest, I have no doubt that we can easily get a large number of personal testimonials.

Gert Cuykens wrote:

Some suggestions if you write a GIMP testimonial: be honest and positive without over-emphasis, avoid negative comments about other programs, check your speeling, keep it relatively short and make sure that you are allowed to mention the name (and the country/state) of your company in the testimonial. Personal testimonials from artists who are not necessarily affiliated with a company are also welcome but it is probably too easy (*) to get personal testimonials so the focus should be on those coming from professionals.

I am sorry but when i read this, the first thing i think about is marketing corruption. It just my opinion nothing more but i would never ask someone to do that. Because it raises three questions.

a) why are my testimonials not good enough ?

Well, someone who writes a testimonial should be rather fluent in using about whatever he writes about - your other mails show that you currently aren't yet, as GIMP is concerned.

b) do you think i am a lier ?

Huh? Come again...
Being honest is one of the most important things when writing something that is intended for a large audience. There are lots of examples that it is good to remind people of the obvious - see slashdot comments etc....

c) are does testimonials real ?

This is of course something that might be hard to prove - but it shouldn't be impossible.

HTH,
Michael

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 00:04:51 +0100, Michael Schumacher wrote:

Gert Cuykens wrote:

Some suggestions if you write a GIMP testimonial: be honest and positive without over-emphasis, avoid negative comments about other programs, check your speeling, keep it relatively short and make sure that you are allowed to mention the name (and the country/state) of your company in the testimonial. Personal testimonials from artists who are not necessarily affiliated with a company are also welcome but it is probably too easy (*) to get personal testimonials so the focus should be on those coming from professionals.

I am sorry but when i read this, the first thing i think about is marketing corruption. It just my opinion nothing more but i would never ask someone to do that. Because it raises three questions.

a) why are my testimonials not good enough ?

Well, someone who writes a testimonial should be rather fluent in using about whatever he writes about - your other mails show that you currently aren't yet, as GIMP is concerned.

b) do you think i am a lier ?

Huh? Come again...
Being honest is one of the most important things when writing something that is intended for a large audience. There are lots of examples that it is good to remind people of the obvious - see slashdot comments etc....

c) are does testimonials real ?

This is of course something that might be hard to prove - but it shouldn't be impossible.

HTH,
Michael

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Gert Cuykens wrote:

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BTW, could you learn how to quote? Would make your mails a lot easier to read.

Michael

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:28:52 +0100, Michael Schumacher wrote:

Gert Cuykens wrote:

[fullqote]

BTW, could you learn how to quote? Would make your mails a lot easier to read.

Michael

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Hi,

Gert Cuykens writes:

i don't know ? gmail does all the quoting for me :)

gmail sucks then. Please choose a mail application that allows you to follow the simple rules that make all our lifes easier.

Sven

* Gert Cuykens [12-11-04 08:08]:

i don't know ? gmail does all the quoting for me :)

Yes, it quotes *everything* and *you* are _expected_ to delete that which is not necessary and/or pertinent.

http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html

Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Gert Cuykens [12-11-04 08:08]:

i don't know ? gmail does all the quoting for me :)

Yes, it quotes *everything* and *you* are _expected_ to delete that which is not necessary and/or pertinent.

Agreed.

Gee, just like most other mail clients. Must be an operator problem then...

* Geoffrey [12-11-04 21:02]:

Gee, just like most other mail clients. Must be an operator problem then...

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