[TYPO3-v4] TYPO3 4.4 released - easier than ever!

[Bernhard Kraft]

On 06/22/2010 07:45 PM, Benjamin Mack wrote:

> that has the brand-new introduction package as an additional
> flavor to download for users who want to have a website running
>   within minutes.

Hello !

I have to rant about the first sentence of the new introducion package. 
I think its somehow foolish to invite users of TYPO3 to try out the new 
software by first aksing them to take some coffee.

I know coffee is something most people do not see as something 
dangerous. But did you ever see a newborn or child drink coffee or 
RedBull? When I remember my youth my mum only allowed me to drink 
Coca-Cola when I reached a certain age.

And if you contact a doctor he will surely tell you that drinking 
caffeinated beverages is not healthy. For pregnant women and childs 
there are even more confident suggestions not to drink/eat caffeinated food.

It is sad to note that in our todays world caffein is everywhere. If you 
have a look at the sweets section in your local supermarket you will 
notice that 80% of all sweets contain chocholate which in turn contain 
cacao which in turn again contain caffein. And not that few as many 
people argue. You put only one spoon of coffee (~ 10g) in your machine 
for a mug of coffee. But you eat 100g of chocolate if you have one 
chocolate bar.

This is something sad in my eyes. As many parents do not think that it 
is dangerous giving their children large amounts of chocolate or Coca-Cola.


And to get back to the TYPO3 introduction package: You would surely not 
put one of the following sentences at the very first lines:

Grab a glass of booze, get drunken and start browsing through this ...

or:

Get your cigarette pack, light up a stick and start browsing ...


You get the point? I think it is not something nice to encourage people 
taking stuff which is not good for their health.

I know it became a tradition somehow for programmers to drink huge 
amounts of coffee. But even a tradition can be wrong. I also think it is 
not correct in the eyes of Munich people when they see thousands of 
drunken people walking out of the Oktober Fest, nor is it a nice 
tradition for programmers to smoke one cigarette after other - while 
this is also something which was quite common for programmers a few 
years ago.


So I suggest we should change the first sentence of the introduction 
package to something like:
----------------
Take a rest, lean back and enjoy browsing through this site to learn why 
TYPO3 is the most powerful open source content management system.
----------------

Which is much more inviting to start a day of work in my opinion.


just my 5-cents,
greets,
Bernhard