RE: [PLUG] OT: Linux Business Forum

["W. Chris Shank" <chris.shank@acetechgroup.com>]

thanks for the feedback. i have been attempting to tone down the anti-ms
stuff, for the exact reasons you said. you should have seen the first copy
i wrote ;^). I know it still needs works, though, but thanks.

I feel that branding is going to be important and have been working hard
on it. I definately would like to brand the PowerServer and PowerStation
and have tried to put some icon / graphics into the site - but they were
hijacked from elsewhere and didn't fit too well. Is this what you had in
mind for the branding? I need to allocate some more funds for the graphic
art to get that in there. I'll be receiving my first shipment of
PowerStations next week, so I'm thinking of taking some products shots of
the desktop package. Then see what the designer can do with that.

I wanted to put the address on there, but I'm operating out of home office
at the moment, so I am kind of wary about putting that info on the net.
Anyone have thoughts on this? I was thinking of doing a PO box, but I
wondwer which is worse impression? no address or PO Box?

> W. Chris Shank wrote:
>>
>> I encourage everyone to have a look at my website
>> (www.acetechgroup.com)
>> and give feedback.
>
> Great site. It's clean, the colors are good and your verbiage is very
> lively. Branding your server offering was a cool idea. Are you planning
> on branding a look for your servers too? That would help your site with
> some nice graphics. The only two things that might be areas of concern
> are:
>
> -It may be prudent to avoid anti-MS sentiment in your website. Linux
> stands firmly on it's own merits and a negative sell evokes a negative
> response. Migration is a business decision and not an emotional one.
> -Always be wary of companies without an address/ telephone number. I'm
> sure you have plans, but just a gut reaction.
>
>>I had already expected to sell the monthly service
>> idea, but am having much difficulty with the wording for the various
>> products/services etc. right now, I'd say that my site is in the Alpha
>> stage, regarding content, business message, etc. I finally
>> had to make it
>> public because I needed to have others scrutinize it in order
>> to keep it
>> moving forward.  I know there are some javascript errors with
>> the menu if
>> you use IE6 - i use mozilla and it's ok. Also, konq won't
>> show navigation
>> at all and neither will omniweb. So aside from _those_
>> problems, I'd like
>> to know your thoughts, reaction, impressions etc.
>
> I'm on ie 5.something and the navigation looks killer. me likes.
>>
>> My thinking so far is to create a Linux VAR Association and simple web
>> portal. I don't want to spend a lot of time programming this,
>> so I'll want
>> to use an existing package. Any thoughts? I think it should
>> have threaded
>> discussions, and file postingsto share resources. What else?
>>
>>



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