Re: [Gramps-users] Gramps 3.0.0 Official Release Announcement

[Joel P. <jj...@ms...>]

Brilliant.

Keep up the good work guys!

- Joel


On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 22:11 -0700, Brian Matherly wrote:
> Dear Gramps Enthusiasts,
> 
> Although Gramps 3.0.0 has been available for download
> for some time now, no "official" release has been
> made. We have been holding off on the official release
> because We wanted to make sure the release
> announcement matched the significance of the 3.0.0
> release.
> 
> A lot of time has been spent preparing for the
> "official" release and everything has finally come
> together. We have used some of the donations that have
> been made through SourceForge to help advertise this
> release.
> 
> Here are some of the ways Gramps 3.0.0 will be
> publicized today:
> 
> We have purchased 10000 text ads on Google for
> searches related to genealogy. If you would like to
> see one of these ads, go to Google and search for
> terms such as "genealogy", "research" and "open
> source" in various combinations. The ad will appear in
> the "Sponsored Links" section on the results page. You
> may have to try multiple times because Google
> distributes the ads randomly across matching search
> terms.
> 
> We have purchased 1000 banner ad spots that will be
> displayed at random on the popular genealogy cite
> Cyndi's List. If you would like to see one of the
> banner ads, direct your web browser to
> http://www.cyndislist.com/blogs.htm. If you don't see
> the banner, keep hitting refresh until it is
> displayed.
> 
> We have purchased a full page add in the New York
> Times that gives a full list of features and a link to
> the Gramps home page. If you would like to see the
> advertisement, you can view it online for free. Just
> direct your web browser to
> http://www.nytimes.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html
> and then scroll down to Section GE, page 9.
> 
> I gathered some of my musician friends and wrote a
> theme song for Gramps. The song is titled "Who's your
> Grandaddy?" It will be played every hour today on the
> popular internet radio station Radio Paradise (which
> runs on open source software). We recorded the song in
> my basement using all open source software. The
> musical style is a little eclectic because two of my
> friends are rappers, one is a country music guitarist,
> and I play ukulele.  
> We also recorded a video which you can view on
> youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qvvVm9vKbY
> 
> This was a lot of work, but I think it will be worth
> it. Hopefully the 3.0.0 release will finally get the
> attention it deserves.
> 
>             The Gramps Project
>             April 1, 2008
> 
> 
> 
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