Re: [fc] Re: Proposal

[D Clyde Williamson <dclydew@interhack.net>]

Thomas Pfau wrote:
> 
> 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....

Exactly... perhaps a .ps version of the FAQ should be sent to all major
news organizations....

I curremtly have a rough outline for the FAQ and categories it needs to
cover... I will cvs it as soon as I figure out what my problem with cvs
is ;-)

I placed a copyright notice with the GPL... so it will be necessary to
keep a copy of the GPL on the site.
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