[OpenAFS-Doc] PR Pamphlet

[Jason Edgecombe]

Esther Filderman wrote:
>  ---  I started working on a PR pamphlet for OpenAFS.    The idea is
> that if we ever have a booth at a conference or somesuch (like, say,
> the upcoming Ohio Linux Fest, or even SCALE), we can have something
> informative to pass out.
>
> The pamphlet is your standard six section foldout thingy.  Right now I've got
>  - the cover
>  - "Who uses OpenAFS?"  [which I'll make sure to get permission from
> the places before I use 'em; right now I have placeholders]
>  - "Why Use OpenAFS?"  [two sections, because I found that one section
> just didn't work right]
>
> That's 4 out of 6.  Ideas for the other two?
>
> Remember that it needs to be general, yet informative.  We don't want
> to overwhelm folks.
>
> I'll try to send along my in-progress mess asap.
>
>  --- FWIW, I also continue to take swipes at the FAQ section of the
> Wiki.  The grand plan there is to eventually have a new "one shot" FAQ
> that can be quickly read & posted places.  It's definitely waay too
> much for the pamphlet.
>
> --- Also, BTW, I am specifically posting this here and *not* to -info
> because a) this is the right crowd to talk about wording 'n' at and b)
> I'd prefer the help from a smaller, more focused group of people.
>
> --- Lastly, and possibly most importantly, the cover currently says:
>
> OpenAFS
> The Best Cross Platform,
> Open Source, Secure,
> Distributed Filesystem
>
> I'm open to ideas on how to change that, or what to change it to.
> Even better, I'd like to come up with something that we can then shove
> at the Elders and say, "We recommend this be used in general for a
> slogan/mantra/whatever."
>
> [&, yes, I do realize that at least 3 of the Elders are reading this
> list.  So there.]
>
> Thanks, folks!
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>   
Please include which platforms we have clients and servers for. OpenAFS 
has got to be the most cross-platform network filesystem next to smb.

Jason