Re: [fc] Re: Proposal

[Kevin Patrick Crowley <crowleyk@archmil.org>]

My suggestion would be that while we would have a fairly obvious bias toward
Linux and just about any Open Source Software and/or Free Software because we
believe that is a better choice we must be dedicated battling untruth about any
OS.  If someone is spreading misinformation about even the evil empire of Bill
Gates it would be to our longterm advantage to dispel any falsehood regadless
of  any short term tactical advantage.  Truth, Objectivity, Civility and
Evangelization will win out over Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt if we are vigilant.

Kevin Patrick Crowley

Who unfortunately administers 9 NT 4.0 SP5 servers with 125 WIN9x boxes.

Marek Habersack wrote:

> * Hans Lofving said:
> > On Fri, 8 Oct 1999, Charlie Stross wrote:
> >
> > > Here's a second question (same apologies apply): who are we aiming the
> > > FUD debunking at? Linux users? Journalists? Or the great unwashed hordes
> > > who have never heard of Linux? Each and every one of those groups has a
> > > different reaction to FUD, and to debunking.
> >
> > Well, the reason this list was created in the first place was to remedy
> > the damage made by documents like LinuxMyths, soo I think we should aim
> > the site towards those people. This brings up another point; how do we get
> > all of those to see our site? There will hardly be a link to it from the
> > original document. :)
> I think we shouldn't care about those who have written it. They're M$
> employees and so they are unlikely to get converted. Their audience should
> be addressed. How? We need to announce the site on as many portal and news
> sites as possible, register it with search engines and perhaps make a
> press release?
>
> marek
>
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