[OSGeo-Discuss] 5 Star OSGeo project maturity rating

[Cameron Shorter]

Dave,
So maybe we should have 1-5 stars (or osgeo logos) which is quickly 
visually understood by our target audience, and that is followed by a 
word or two describing each star rating.

5 logos (not used yet)
4 logos (very mature - passed osgeo incubation)
3 logos (mature - started or ready to start osgeo incubation process)
2 logos (stable - puts our stable, tested releases which are used in 
production)
1 logo (beta software)

Dave Patton wrote:
> On 2010/06/04 1:49 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> For the OSGeo LiveDVD and OSGeo marketing material, I propose we use
>> a 5 star maturity rating. This is because it is too difficult to
>> explain in a couple of words, the difference between: "Graduated",
>> "In Incubation", "Stable", "Beta" Again, I'm interested to hear
>> comments on whether I have defined a good rating system, before we
>> set it in stone.
>
> Don't use any "rating system", as that implies to most people
> some (usually subjective) judgment. For example, people looking
> at marketing materials might think it reflects on "product quality".
> It sounds to me like you want to define a simple "categorization
> system", not a "rating system".
>
> Don't use "stars", because again, it's too often used as a visual
> indicator in "rating systems".
>
> I'm still not convinced in my own mind that doing something as
> simple as calling it a "Maturity Categorization", and using
> from 1 to 5 OSGeo Logos vs using "stars" would provide a
> solution that would be acceptable.
>


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