Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:21:26 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@flat.berklix.net> To: Paul Waring <paul@xk7.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, "Mahmut Kursun \(Work\)" <mahmut.kursun@homepagemagazin.de> Subject: Re: Lack of FreeBSD coverage in the UK media Message-ID: <200704081021.l38ALQ3k031028@fire.jhs.private> In-Reply-To: <4618BB9E.4050909@xk7.net> References: <4603D9FF.4070100@xk7.net> <4603E522.2090901@praxisvermittlung24.de> <4618BB9E.4050909@xk7.net>
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Paul Waring wrote: > Daniel Seuffert wrote: > > But don't forget: It's hard work and you need people doing this work. > > That's the problematic part and that's the main reason imho why we > > don't have more media attention... > > Is there not a project (other than this mailing list) within the work of > the FreeBSD Foundation to promote BSD within the media? All it needs is > for a small group of people to contact existing Linux magazines and see > what kinds of articles they are looking for and whether they'd be > prepared to accept BSD ones, and then try and find people who are > willing to write them. > > I've taken a small step in emailing one of the UK magazines and asking > them if they'd include BSD groups in their local LUGs listings, it only > took a couple of minutes to write the email and the worst they can say > is "no". > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" A friend of mine: "Mahmut Kursun (Work)" <mahmut.kursun@homepagemagazin.de> works for a Linux publisher in Munich (of several mags), he used to import BSD CDs & knows what it is :-) & he speaks English German & Turkish, so I suggest send him a copy. (i've cc'd him) -- Julian Stacey. Munich Computer Consultant, BSD Unix C Linux. http://berklix.com Escape Microsoft 20th April 2007: http://berklix.com/free/talk/ Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz.
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