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Linux Advocacy mini−HOWTO

Table of Contents

Linux Advocacy mini−HOWTO.. ......................................................................................................................1

Paul L. Rogers, Paul.L.Rogers@li.org. ...................................................................................................1

1. About this document . ...........................................................................................................................1

2. Copyright Information. .........................................................................................................................1

3. Introduction. ..........................................................................................................................................1

4. Related Information. .............................................................................................................................1

5. Advocating Linux .................................................................................................................................1

6. Canons of Conduc. ...............................................................................................................................1

7. User Groups. .........................................................................................................................................1

8. Vendor Relations. .................................................................................................................................1

9. Media Relations. ...................................................................................................................................2

10. Acknowledgements. ............................................................................................................................2

1. About this document . ...........................................................................................................................2

2. Copyright Information. .........................................................................................................................3

3. Introduction. ..........................................................................................................................................3

4. Related Information. .............................................................................................................................4

5. Advocating Linux .................................................................................................................................5

6. Canons of Conduc. ...............................................................................................................................6

7. User Groups. .........................................................................................................................................7

8. Vendor Relations. .................................................................................................................................7

9. Media Relations. ...................................................................................................................................8

10. Acknowledgements. ............................................................................................................................8

Linux Advocacy mini−HOWTO

Paul L. Rogers, Paul.L.Rogers@li.org

v0.5c, 3 May 2000

This document provides suggestions for how the Linux community can effectively advocate the use of Linux.

1. About this document

2. Copyright Information

3. Introduction

4. Related Information

5. Advocating Linux

6. Canons of Conduct

7. User Groups

8. Vendor Relations

Linux Advocacy mini−HOWTO

Linux Advocacy mini−HOWTO

9. Media Relations

10. Acknowledgements

1. About this document

This is the Linux Advocacy mini−HOWTO and is intended to provide guidelines and ideas to assist with

your Linux advocacy efforts.

This mini−HOWTO was inspired by Jon ``maddog'' Hall when he responded to a request for feedback on

guidelines for advocating Linux during NetDay activities. He responded positively to the guidelines and

observed that they were the basis of a list of ``canons of conduct'' that would benefit the Linux community.

This document is available in HTML form at http://www.datasync.com/~rogerspl/Advocacy−HOWTO.html .

Nat Makarevitch <nat@nataa.fr.eu.org> has translated this document into French .

Chie Nakatani <jeanne@mbox.kyoto−inet.or.jp> has translated this document into Japanese .

Janusz Batko <janus@krakow.linux.org.pl> has translated this document into Polish .

Bruno H. Collovini <buick@microlink.com.br> has translated this document into Portuguese .

Mauricio Rivera Pineda <rmrivera@hotmail.com> has translated this document into Spanish .

The author and maintainer of the Linux Advocacy mini−HOWTO is Paul L. Rogers <Paul.L.Rogers@li.org> .

Comments and proposed additions are welcome.

If you need to know more about the Linux Documentation Project or about Linux HOWTO's, feel free to

contact the supervisor Tim Bynum <linux−howto@sunsite.unc.edu> . Tim Bynum will post this document to

several national and international newsgroups on a monthly basis.

A personal note: Due to various circumstances, I have not been able to dedicate as much time to maintaining

this mini−HOWTO and interacting with the Linux community as I would have desired. I apologize for this

and if you have attempted to contact me and I was slow in responding, please forgive me being so

inconsiderate. While I still have many other commitments, I am anticipating that they will start requiring less

time to meet and allow me to catch up on other parts of my life. I appreciate your patience and would like to

extend a special thanks to all who have taken the time to suggest additions and corrections.

9.Media Relations

Linux Advocacy mini−HOWTO

2. Copyright Information

A verbatim copy may be reproduced or distributed in any medium physical or electronic without permission

of the author. Translations are similarly permitted without express permission if it includes a notice on who

translated it.

Short quotes may be used without prior consent by the author. Derivative work and partial distributions of the

Advocacy mini−HOWTO must be accompanied with either a verbatim copy of this file or a pointer to the

verbatim copy.

Commercial redistribution is allowed and encouraged; however, the author would like to be notified of any

such distributions.

In short, we wish to promote dissemination of this information through as many channels as possible.

However, we do wish to retain copyright on the HOWTO documents, and would like to be notified of any

plans to redistribute the HOWTOs.

We further want that all information provided in the HOWTOs is disseminated. If you have questions, please

contact Tim Bynum, the Linux HOWTO coordinator, at linux−howto@sunsite.unc.edu .

3. Introduction

The Linux community has known for some time that for many applications, Linux is a stable, reliable, robust

(although not perfect) product. Unfortunately, there are still many people, including key decision−makers,

that are not aware of the existence of Linux and its capabilities.

If Linux and the many other components that make up a Linux distribution are to reach their full potential, it

is critical that we reach out to prospective ``customers'' and advocate (being careful not to promise too much)

the use of Linux for appropriate applications. The reason that many a company's products have done well in

the marketplace is not so much due to the product's technical superiority but the company's marketing

abilities.

If you enjoy using Linux and would like to contribute something to the Linux community, please consider

acting on one or more of the ideas in this mini−HOWTO and help others learn more about Linux.

2.Copyright Information

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