Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:31:10 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD PR (long, rambling -- bear with me) Message-ID: <20020913213110.12e6661e.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20020913173803.B92101@freebsdmall.com> References: <20020913143941.A2346@blackhelicopters.org> <006c01c25b71$9adf6940$6e01a8c0@CITYMOUSE> <20020913173803.B92101@freebsdmall.com>
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Should I work on updating the papers? If so just email them to me, or perhaps snail mail would be better? Thanks! On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:38:03 -0700 Murray Stokely <murray@freebsdmall.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 05:04:59PM -0500, GB wrote: > > * Professionally formatted white paper comparing FreeBSD-based > > solutions to Windows/Linux in various situations. > > Have you seen the BSDi/WindRiver whitepapers that cover this? > Updating those would be a good place to start. We've handed out many > many tens of thousands of those documents over the years. > > > * FAQs or introductory documents directed at specific groups (again, > > I keep thinking of utter newbies, those who've dabbled in Linux and > > the I.T. professional, but there are likely other groups as well). > > In a perfect world, of course, everyone finds Perfect Wisdom by > > R-ingTFM -- but we don't live in a perfect world, so every bit we do > > to make the learning curve easier helps make inroads. > > Our FAQ and Handbook are our introductory documents. The Handbook, > in particular, has been simplified a great deal lately to make it more > accessible to complete beginners (Randy Pratt's wonderful screenshots > to walk the user step by step through installation). Did you have > something else in mind? In my view, these are already taken care of, > so please let me know if you think these need to be changed or if > completely different documents need to be written. > > > * Some standard press materials/backgrounders that the media could > > download, such as: > > > > -- FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows vs. Mac OS (a one-page table) > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/~murray/OS.pdf > (based on an earlier comparison by Bob Bruce, and with input from > the folks on hackers@) > > FreeBSD Mall, Inc. has handed out tens of thousands of these at > tradeshows, along with the whitepapers mentioned above. It needs to > be updated a bit. Also, it is far too large for 8.5x11 or A4, we used > large glossy prints folded in half. > > > -- Major sites running FreeBSD > > Our definitive list is maintained in the Handbook, chapter 1. On my > travels through Asia I've learned of a few other big customers that > should probably be added to that list. > > > -- Uptime/reliability stats > > We need to trumpet the Netcraft Uptime surveys better. My > membership to the full Netcraft surveys has lapsed, but the PR person > should definitely subscribe to get the full reports. I'm not sure > what the cost is. The Foundation and FreeBSD Mall, Inc could probably > pay the cost. > > > Again, this is material that's already out there, but the No. 1 rule > > with the press is that reporters like to have things handed to them > > -- make it easy to do the research and even easier to write, and > > you'll have more press than the competition. > > Yes, I think we need a new area of the FreeBSD web site dedicated to > marketing. Another group of people that should be targetted is > hardware vendors. I've been approached in the past by hardware > vendors that have had some requests for FreeBSD drivers but they just > don't have enough information to make the business case for it. We > need to make our marketing area answer those questions. > > I think the way to start is to collect the relevant information on a > third party web site for now. Once the project achieves critical > mass, we'll import it to freebsd.org and maintain it from there. > > - Murray > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > -- Tom (Darklogik) Rhodes www.FreeBSD.org -The Power To Serve www.Pittgoth.com -Pittgoth Discussion Portal trhodes@{Pittgoth.com, FreeBSD.org} PGP key by www: http://www.pittgoth.com/~darklogik/darklogik.key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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