From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Jan 25 12:51:57 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27496153EC for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 12:51:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id HAA41946; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 07:20:33 +1030 (CST) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 07:20:33 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Brett Glass Cc: Terry Lambert , Jonathon McKitrick , advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advocacy opportunity Message-ID: <20000126072033.A41924@freebie.lemis.com> References: <20000122133716.J391@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <200001242349.QAA12330@usr06.primenet.com> <4.2.2.20000124223321.01bd85d0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000124223321.01bd85d0@localhost> WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 6B 7B C3 8C 61 CD 54 AF 13 24 52 F8 6D A4 95 EF Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 24 January 2000 at 22:35:39 -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 04:49 PM 1/24/2000 , Terry Lambert wrote: > >> As an advocacy opportunity, Penton's "Embedded Systems Development" >> is running as it's February cover feature an article on Linux. >> >> The Exact text provided is: >> >> COVER FEATURE: The Linux phenomenon is substantially >> impacting the world of the enterprise. Not surprisingly, >> people are starting to consider its implications for >> embedded systems. This report will examine the initial >> efforts to move Linux into the embedded arena, both in >> terms of development platforms and as an embedded OS in >> its own right. In looking at Linux and embedded systems, >> we will examine issues of code size, interaction with >> other RTOSs, the potential for real-time performance, and >> the implications of the open source model. >> >> This would seem a perfect opportunity for at least a sidebar of >> a column or so on FreeBSD, and the difference in license. > > Given that it's a February issue, this is probably a long-missed > opportunity. Remember that the cover date of most publications is > the date they go OFF the stands, not on; a "February" issue is > customarily distributed in January. Also, most magazines have > two to three months of editorial lead time. Smaller pubs tend > to have longer lead times, because printing costs are lower > when material is supplied to the printer farther in advance. That may be the case in general. It doesn't apply for Daemon News. Submit a suitable article in the next day or two, and they'll include it in the February issue. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message