Re: GNUstep slogan - discussion and voting

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Am 14.11.2007 um 17:51 schrieb Markus Hitter:

> Am 12.11.2007 um 23:36 schrieb Riccardo:
>
> > On 2007-11-12 16:48:23 +0100 Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf  
> > <lars.sonchocky-helldorf@hamburg.de> wrote:
> >
> > > > GNUstep ... make your users smile ...
> > > What I don't like about that slogan is that, despite it's  
> > > positive  message, it doesn't give you an idea what GNUstep is at  
> > > all. If the  slogan doesn't deliver that it is IMHO somewhat  
> > > redundant.
> >
> > Bingo! you got it. It is a "void slogan" in  my humble opinion.
>
> Possibly. Void triggers imagination.

So then people keep on imaging GNUstep as Windowmaker :-(

> IMHO, it's plain impossible to collect the highlights of GNUstep  
> (or any other sufficiently complex product) into few words. An  
> attempt to do it anyways is a recipy for failure.

how about the slogan already used in the GNUstep brochure: "GNUstep -  
The Ultimate Development Environment" (http://www.gnustep.org/ 
information/GNUstep-brochure.pdf)

> Markus

regards,

        Lars