Re: [fc] Re: Proposal

[Thomas Pfau <pfau@maherterminals.com>]

Hans Lofving wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > Once we have a bit of content, we'll get sites like LWN
> > (hi Jon), Slashdot and some of the news sites to link us.
> > Once the first journalists have found our site, the rest
> > will follow over a period of time.
> 
> Yes, that's the best way I can think of too. But one thing that bothers me
> is that I think people reading those sites don't need to be convinced
> about the stuff we're writing about, since they already can recognize
> FUD, (if they didn't like Linux, would they regulary be visiting Linux
> oriented/Linux friendly sites?). Ofcourse, I hope I'm wrong. :)

What I'm hoping will happen is something along the lines of the
following:

- Some clueless journalist pressed for time will rehash an old article
in a new direction and send it off to his editor.  That article will
appear on the web with a talk-back button.  A linux supporter will read
the article and refute it using information gathered from this site. 
They will include a pointer to this site to justify their point of view.

- Another responsible journalist (oxymoron? almost, these days) will use
our site to corroborate details in his article.  He or she will include
reference to our site as the source of his information.

- Companies like VA Linux, Penguin Computing, and other linux companies
will use our site to help promote their own businesses.

- etc....

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