Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 17:45:10 -0700 From: "Anthony C. Chavez" <acc@anthonychavez.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, Willie Viljoen <will@unfoldings.net>, Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Project to improve FreeBSD PR Message-ID: <20030128004510.GA66864@anthonychavez.org> In-Reply-To: <3E35CEBB.BEC68BE5@mindspring.com> References: <200301270026.32035.will@unfoldings.net> <3E3533B9.7010603@centtech.com> <200301271532.18792.will@unfoldings.net> <20030127173112.GC60735@anthonychavez.org> <20030127131652.A97223@blackhelicopters.org> <20030127185109.GC62737@anthonychavez.org> <3E35CEBB.BEC68BE5@mindspring.com>
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--dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Perhaps I'm not being perfectly clear about this. I told Willie if he wants to continue with his own site, I would certainly not hinder him. I've had conversations with him where we agreed to even share resources. I'm with you, Terry, the more the merrier. But ~something~ needs to be done. So DN is ~volunteering~ to be ~one~of~ "The One True Sites." It is certainly not our intention to be the ~only~ BSD advocacy site. --=20 Anthony Chavez http://www.anthonychavez.org/ mailto:acc@anthonychavez.org jabber:acc@jabber.anthonychavez.org On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 04:28:43PM -0800, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspri= ng.com> wrote: > "We don't need another news site" >=20 > "We need a central repository for BSD-related advocacy materials" >=20 > Etc. >=20 >=20 > Look. These people are volunteering to do what they are > volunteering to do. >=20 > No more, and no less. >=20 > It's ridiculous to try and make them fit into "The One True Site". >=20 > PR, advocacy, and the other things that fall under the umbrella of > "marketing" are not about Truth, they are about momentum. >=20 > People complain that the FreeBSD 5.0 release has not been widely > reported; B.F.D.: there are lead times, and FreeBSD didn't make a > concerted effort to schedule the release, or contact media outlets > at their respective lead times: >=20 > Magazines 3 months > Trade rags 1 month > Newspapers 1 week > Onlines/Slashfot 1 Day >=20 > Anything after that is, well, "old news". >=20 >=20 > Trying to do to PR the same thing that has been done to the source > tree, i.e. "The One True HEAD Branch, No Others Allowed" is as bad > an idea as making "The FreeBSD Handbook" the only book about FreeBSD. > It's not even such a good idea for source code, in fact, but the > tools -- CVS -- limit you to thinking that way. Don't carry that > limited thinking over into other areas of your life, or you will > find yourself old, living along, and owning 20 cats, as your sole > source of companionship. >=20 > IMO, the more FreeBSD-related sites, the better. The more FreeBSD > news outlets, the better. >=20 > PR and marketing are all about "creating buzz", like that from a > swarm of bees. One bee does not make a swarm. >=20 >=20 > If you are someone who does not understand this idea, please stay > out of the way of the people who do, particularly since they are > volunteering to do work. If you want to add to Daemon News, and > treat it as "The One True FreeBSD Site(tm)", then go ahead and > put your eggs into that basket: I'm sure they will appreciate the > contributions. But you will be doing less for FreeBSD advocacy, > marketing, PR, and overall visibility, by doing so. Don't drag > everyone else down to that level with you. >=20 > Thanks, > -- Terry --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+NdKWbZTbIaRBRXERAjm0AJ9wbAva33HWSM6tGQ2s8KiFWZM8OQCfcE3h SmQ1qjpyXMXtGfPM3yTmzgA= =U2KI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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