Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 13:36:33 -0600 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Press coverage for FreeBSD Message-ID: <371CD741.D3DD6FF5@thuntek.net>
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Terry's got good advice, and I'd like to broadcast a request to _all_ of you who install FreeBSD for corporate clients. We want to begin making a press barrage to convince Suits and Beancounters and Newsies that FreeBSD really is a viable operating ssytem choice. We're currently working with Charles Heinrich on a Manex press release, Wilfredo Sanchez of Apple, and Paul Richards of Originative Solutions, who set up Netcraft.com, among others. What I need you to do is to go to your clients and get permission for us to talk about their applications and how FreeBSD works for them. We won't necessarily do separate releases for each company, but each one we do use will get positive press from our efforts, because we all know that FreeSBD makes good business sense. I'll be glad to write the actual releases, what I need from you is quotable descriptions of what your clients use FreeBSD for. If each individual client is too small, but you have set up dozens of them, "interview" yourself for us, and I'll make hay from that. Terry Lambert said: > The mainstream companies are killing themselves to get "Open Source" > press releases, since that's what get's printed. > > The advantage to Manex is that they get to get the "Open Source" > limelight shown on them, and get their name out there to people > considering who to go to for effects for their next film. > > Unless you tell them the advantage to them, in terms they can > easily understand (in this case, press space, probably in the San > Jose Mercury News, minimally), then you aren't doing anything that > they want except trying to use their name to push your product, > which is fine for you, but what have you done for them. -- Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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