--- On Thu, 26/2/09, Michael Naughton <michnaugh1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Michael Naughton <michnaugh1@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Self-Introduction: Mike Naughton > To: fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, 26 February, 2009, 11:38 PM > Hi all: > > My name is Mike Naughton. I'm a criminal defense > attorney (associate at James C. Thomas, P.C.) from Detroit, > Michigan, U.S.A. I first tried Linux when I installed > Fedora Core 3. I am running Fedora 10 x64 and it feels very > sharp and responsive. > > As far as how I can contribute, in my role as a criminal > defense attorney I have a lot of experience with advocacy, > community outreach and working with media. In fact, I have > been involved in cases in the Detroit area that garnered > national and local media attention. My participation > required working with attorneys around the country and media > outlets. If you google my name you will see Michigan > Supreme Court and Michigan Court of Appeals briefs I wrote > over the summer and for what case. > > I think Fedora and Red Hat have really done a terrific job > of creating a more vibrant community and putting together > some really nice resources online (fedoraproject.org, > fedoraforum.org, fedorafaq.org, etc.). I would like to be > more involved in this community. I believe that, for better > or worse, the economy and Vista have really created an > opportunity for people to discover Fedora and be very > pleasantly surprised. > > I would really like to get more involved in marketing > Fedora, especially to professionals like myself who are > solo-practitioners or small business owners. Fedora really > provides all the tools necessary for a person to build a > business right out of the box. In fact, I have been using > Linux in my practice. I use Openoffice.org to prepare > correspondence, motions, orders and other forms of legal > writing. I use Thunderbird with the Lightning plugin to > keep track of my calendar. I listen to music with > Rhythmbox, mount NTFS drives, play games (World of Goo is > really incredible and a great example of the traction Linux > is starting to gain) and run the occasional Windows app in > Crossover Office. > Admittedly, I would like to see more billable programs for > Linux. I have tried Gnu Cash but I find it a bit cumbersome > for simple time tracking and invoicing. Additionally (like > a lot of other people), I'd like to able to use Adobe > programs in Linux. Obviously this is not a Fedora gripe but > an Adobe one. I am confident that as Linux desktop adoption > grows, Adobe will reach out to this market and provide > products. It already has with Flash and Acrobat. I am also > a part-time web developer and use Flash, Dreamweaver, > Photoshop and Illustrator. It would be nice to not have to > boot into OS X use these tools. > > Thanks for reading. I am really excited about joining the > marketing team and making some contributions to the > community. > --Mike > > -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list > Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list Hello sir, Welcome to Fedora community. It has been a good experience reading your Fedora account. Glad that you liked Fedora. Regards, Gaurav Prabhu ____________________________________ Fedora India Ambassador : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Coolg5 Website : www.gauravlive.com Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
