On Thu 09 Oct 2003, Earle Martin openguides@downlode.org wrote:
OK, we need a major newspaper to give us a big plug! (Rather than just a mention in 'links of the week' ;) )
I'm not sure we're ready yet; the search needs to be yet more intuitive, I think, plus we need a better mechanism for fixing fuckups such as badly-named nodes. I think premature advertisement might be a bad thing and put people off. I am happy to be argued against, though.
(I'm talking here in terms of people using, rather than installing, the site - I'm aware that a better install procedure and working location stuff for non-UK cities are more important on that side, but I expect we're more likely to get users than operators from a newspaper article.)
Kake