From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Mar 26 8:55: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from srv1.thuntek.net (srv1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 753EA15096 for ; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 08:54:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwilde1@thuntek.net) Received: from thuntek.net (abq-173.thuntek.net [207.66.52.173]) by srv1.thuntek.net (8.9.1/8.6.12TNT1.0) with ESMTP id JAA18625; Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:54:17 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <36FBBB9B.89A4282A@thuntek.net> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 09:53:47 -0700 From: Donald Wilde X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nate Williams Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Announce: FreeBSD JDK1.1.7 with ELF support References: <199903261613.JAA00184@mt.sri.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Nate, hi Steve! Congrats! I would like to present a suggestion. A number of the technical magazines have sections for product announcements. In DDj, it's "Of Interest". I would suggest that a native JDK port enhanced to ELF is enough of a leap that it's worth sending them all a blurb release in the name of the FreeBSD Project and giving your ../java URL. We should not abuse this by annoying them with stuff about EVERY little point-release, but 1.1.7 is a platform many developers write to. Forrest Cavalier's ReUSE RKT is mentioned in April DDJ, and it's a real showcase for the FreeBSD source tree. In general, the more releases we can get into print, the more our visibility is enhanced. Needless to say, don't mention the bugfixes! I'm sure they're in your docs on the ../java page. TIA! -- Donald 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