Mike Feravolo wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> Early in my professional career I once submitted a software change
> request with the words "the software doesn't agree with the
> documentation". To describe a fault in the software, by now you may have
> guess the approach that they took to resolve this bug.  They fixed the
> documentation, since then I have been very careful addressing any issues
> regrading software bugs.
> 
> The splash screen issue is a marketing issue, since there is nothing
> wrong with the code. It's a problem with the way the code is introduced
> to new users, and promoting products to new customers is called
> marketing.
> 
> I was holding off reporting the bug until I ran it by the marketing
> team, because I was expecting that "this isn't the place for this
> comment" for them. 
> 
> Maybe I am wrong but I thought that this is the place to talk about
> anything that has to do with getting the word out about Ubuntu.
> Especially something that could be an obstacle.  

That is also my own view. As a marketeer I get sharp feed back from 
the potential user population, and it is rare that anything shows so 
clearly as this ambiguous wording.

-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391

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