On 6/27/05, Jeremy Hogan <jeremy.hogan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Note the mild subject adjustment, uttered most notable by Alec Baldwin > in Glengarry Glen Ross. Another GGR reference seems appropriate... "It takes brass...to sell...." > If Fedora definition were to stretch from "proving ground for Red Hat"... Should be played down if we want the community to feel the Fedora love. > ...to "proving ground for Linux Innovation"... Played up for the same effect. > 4) So what? The most powerful of questions, but can we answer it? What's the value of Fedora to the user/developer/etc? What consideration does that crowd get? Are we interested in providing any consideration beyond, "You can see our code, and that's inherently awesome, although admittedly not vertical in any way." > Recruit active participants, but you should be open as many interested onlookers as > possible. +1. Yes, recruit active participants, but make it accessible. No more RTFM, self-righteous bullsh*t. > -use PRWeb or a similar free service regularly (not feature releases, > more like "Fedora guy writes free book in native language" type stuff, We need to go one step further. Encourage it. Bounty for it. S*wag for it. Recognition, not simply promotion. > -press contacts (invite a NewsForge editor to an exclusive at FudCON, > send the LiveCD out for reviewers I'm on the ed board at LinuxWorld. How can I be of service to Fedora? > there's only so much of our collective navel the world needs to gaze > into, give the project a broader context) It's called Revolution OS, and I already saw it. > -a media kit (zip file of the logo, the About statement, and ONE sheet > giving the FAQ and spiel, contact info for one/two people at the most > to follow up with) +1 Matt Frye -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
