Back on list. On 14/08/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Matthew, > > > How about http://www.ubuntuvideo.com/ ? If you work with this existing > > resource, then you will avoid having two sites with the same purpose, > > you won't need to reinvent any wheels with setting up the site, and > > (shock horror) you'll be able to focus on actually getting things done > > and making videos. > > Perhaps you've missed the point of the idea, but this project has > nothing whatsoever to do with creating help/informational or demo > videos for Ubuntu.
I don't think so: rather, I think you've missed the point of ubuntuvideo.com! Although it has a category for informational videos, it is also intended to host marketing videos: note that it appears under the MarketingTeam wiki page as a project. > Using ubuntuvideo.com just because it hosts videos seems rather > pointless and I think we'd loose the message along the way. Ubuntuvideo.com is ideal for marketing, in my opinion. Creating overlapping websites is exactly the best way to dilute marketing initiatives, in my opinion. I've been around Ubuntu a fair time now and I know well the tendency to create unnecessary websites for every new idea. I'm just trying to guard against that: it may be that I have missed a point somewhere and you or someone else on the team will show me why I'm wrong; let's see. > Without > delving into the nitty gritty, despite ubuntuvideo.com being a fine > site, it doesn't offer some of the features that would be required for > the project. Do you know if there are any features which you have in mind which can't be added by way of a drupal plugin? From a brief review of the Viral project wiki page, I can't think of one. If there are, I'd still suggest it will be easier to code a plugin than to develop a completely new site. -- Matthew East http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
