Thank you for changing some of the text. The first one really felt like a thumb in your eye type of approach. This one feels very much more like a brochure you would see sitting on a doc's table or on a store counter. Just my .02.. :) Judd On 1/4/07, Josef Lowder wrote: > > . > Taking into consideration the feedback on the first draft, > I made a few revisions and replaced the original with a new > draft using the same pdf file name. But when I tried to > view it, the old one kept showing up. I cleared cache and > tried deleting the old file before loading the new one, but > Acrobat Reader keeps showing the old file. Konqueror and Xpdf > displayed the new file, but Acrobat Reader 7 (via Firefox) > keeps showing the old one. How does one fix this problem? > > Anyway, here is a link for the second draft: > > http://www.UpQuick.com/linux/brochure2.pdf > > Here is an abbreviated recap of the initial feedback and some responses: > > Eric Shubes wrote: > > Question mark missing after "Why Not Try Linux" on pg 1 col 1. > > #12 "simultaneously" isn't really true. "also" would fit. > > Thanks Eric. Both these items are now fixed. > > Dazed wrote: > > Consider how it is folded to appreciate the arrangement. > > Depending on the target audience some of the 15 points might be > > rearranged: 1, 6, 11, 12, etc. Wonder about the Pentium Inside logo > > and how freely one can modify and use it. Also the R symbol. > > I added a note to explain the 3-fold and rearranged the 15 points. > See comments further below regarding the "Linux inside" logo. > > Jon Hanson wrote: > > You shouldn't use that Intel-like logo. Companies have > > to defend trademarks or they will lose them and Intel will > > not like that unauthorized use of their trademark. > > Using any form of a "Linux inside" graphic really should not be > a problem. > > Google "Linux inside" (in quotes) and you will get 313,000 hits. > Do this under Google's "images" option and you will get 973 hits. > Take a look at the examples there and you will see hundreds of > different websites, publications, and paraphernalia with many > dozens of variations on this exact same "Linux inside" logo > imprinted and implemented in a myriad of different ways. > > There are many dozens of different tee-shirts, polo shirts, coffee > mugs, badges, emblems, and stickers with "Linux inside" to use on > one's computer, and it is even imprinted directly on many devices. > There are many, many dozens of variations on this exact same > "Intel-like" design. > > So, if this were indeed a problem for Intel, it is pandemic. I have > several trademarks, some more than 30-years old, and the restrictions > on trademarks are such that it is virtually impossible to prevent the > kind of simulations that "Linux inside" represent. > > Alan wrote: > > I prefer a more positive approach, meaning, less down-selling the > > competition and more up-selling of Linux. I'd also like more focus on > > explaining PLUG (Meeting descriptions, email lists, website, etc.) and > > the positives of participation in PLUG (community, support, fun, etc.) > > More pictures. Needs a few graphics here and there. Brochures full > > of text turn me off. I was thinking of the everyday person who just > > bought or is thinking of buying a computer with Linux on it. They look > > to the right at the Linux computer store and see a brochure about PLUG. > > What should that brochure say to maybe help make the Linux computer sale > > AND trigger involvement with PLUG? > > Sorry you didn't like the approach, Alan. I've made a few adjustments > and if you would like to provide some additional and/or alternate copy > and graphics, I'd be glad to incorporate whatever you (or anyone else) > might provide. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >