[Compcomm] A funny situation

[Franz Rogar]

2007/6/18, RYX <ryx at ryxperience.com>:
> Imagine this "funny" situation:
>

Imagine this other "funny" situation:

> A friend visits me and says: "Oh you have a nice desktop there and such
> cool transparent windows. What is it that creates such nice compositing
> effects and transparency?".

I answer him: "This is my compositing window manager. It's an open
source project ;) You can take a look at opencompositing.org. What
you're seeing is Compiz (the core) and some plugins made by the
community called CompComm. Also, in the web page, you can find other
interesting open source compositing applications as kiba-doc and
screenlets."

Note: I'm sure that a my friend doesn't know anything about
compositing, if not he/she will know about Compiz, L3G, Metisse etc...

> He says: "Now that's cool - where can I get
> it? At compiz.org?".

As I stayed clearly that they're "open source compositing"
applications, he/she will look for them at "opencompositing.org". So,
he/she will not ask that.

> He seems surprised and asks: "So I can go to opencompositing.org and
> just download that compiz window manager?".

I answer hime: "Yes, but you'll get only the basic interface. As I
stayed previosly, you can download the community plugins called
CompComm".

>
> He is even more surprised and asks: "But why can't I just go to
> compiz.org and download that compiz window manager and all those nice
> effects and plugins and addons?".
>

He/she will not ask this, unless he/she is idiot 'cause I've stated
that "it's opensource".

I add: "You can take support on opencompositing.org for both compiz
and compcomm. Info about those proyects can be found also in
opencompositing.org and, for more concrete info about Compiz, you can
see "compiz.info" (not compiz.org)

> He says: "Ahh I see ...", while walks away confused and irritated.
> Straightly back to his windows PC.
>

Are you thinking my friend is subnormal?

> This is what you all aim at.
>

Don't get wrong: you must give accurate and structured info to friends
if you want they stay with you.

> Rico
>

I think you still see the bottle middle-empty of water instead of middle-full.

-- 
Thanks in anyway,
        Franz Rogar