Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 09:08:32 -0400 From: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> To: "Svensson, Martin" <martin.svensson@eds.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Example PR opportunity Message-ID: <20020916090832.A21196@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <5917FD47436E784D8B08F132F0AC506113A00E@sessm201.sthlm.se.eds.com>; from martin.svensson@eds.com on Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 01:50:07PM %2B0100 References: <5917FD47436E784D8B08F132F0AC506113A00E@sessm201.sthlm.se.eds.com>
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Aw, dang, this isn't news. :-( I thought it was "Sweden implements e-voting on FreeBSD." Now *that* would have been news! On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 01:50:07PM +0100, Svensson, Martin wrote: > > The election authority in Sweden are using Apache on FreeBSD as a platform > to run the election site, www.val.se, where all the poules will be presented > according to this article. The article doesn't say anything about what OS > the other systems are running, but the website is on FreeBSD. > > http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?mode_u=off&mode_w=on&site=www.val.se&su > bmit=Examine > > If you want me to translate the whole article for you, just let me know! > > /Martin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Lucas [mailto:mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org] > Sent: den 16 september 2002 14:31 > To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Example PR opportunity > > > OK, folks, this one is not a drill. > > http://www.idg.se/ArticlePages%2F200209%2F13%2F20020913142000340_SOS5%2F2002 > 0913142000340_SOS5.dbp.asp > > I'm told by a reliable source that this translates to "The Swedish > Government is using FreeBSD to run their elections system." This is > good news for us. > > I'd like to suggest that we use this article as a sample to build a PR > checklist. How do we push this, and where? We should put even the > obvious, such as Daemon News postings, on this checklist. > > And yes, "translate" sholud be a step as well. ;-) > > ==ml > > -- > Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons > > Absolute BSD: http://www.AbsoluteBSD.com/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons Absolute BSD: http://www.AbsoluteBSD.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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