From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 8 10:21:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3CFA16A415 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 10:21:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from thin.berklix.org (thin.berklix.org [194.246.123.68]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D13113C457 for ; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 10:21:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A4FFD.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.79.253]) (authenticated bits=128) by thin.berklix.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l38ALWHL023700; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 12:21:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (fire.jhs.private [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l38ALQSl041767; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 12:21:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (localhost.jhs.private [127.0.0.1]) by fire.jhs.private (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l38ALQ3k031028; Sun, 8 Apr 2007 12:21:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.jhs.private) Message-Id: <200704081021.l38ALQ3k031028@fire.jhs.private> To: Paul Waring In-reply-to: <4618BB9E.4050909@xk7.net> References: <4603D9FF.4070100@xk7.net> <4603E522.2090901@praxisvermittlung24.de> <4618BB9E.4050909@xk7.net> Comments: In-reply-to Paul Waring message dated "Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:53:34 +0100." Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 12:21:26 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, "Mahmut Kursun \(Work\)" Subject: Re: Lack of FreeBSD coverage in the UK media X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:21:42 -0000 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)" 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.