marketing January 2009

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Help getting the word out about Summer of Code 2009
by Karsten Wade 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

Google has decided to return with their Summer of Code program for 2009. We can expect the program to be a bit smaller in size, making the student competition part more important. When we have an influx of great students and ideas, our mentors can collaborate to make very strong proposals. Strong proposals get us the most student slots. This last year we did a modest increase in our noisiness (marketing) about the Summer of Code. The results were pretty good[1]. Compared to 2007, our best year to that point, we had three times the number of mentors step forward, three times the proposals, and more than twice the number of student slots. Imagine how it could be if more people than just me were promoting Fedora and JBoss.org's presence in the Summer of Code? Do you have any interest in: * Planning a Summer of Code promotion for Fedora/JBoss.org * Running the promotion You may wonder, why JBoss.org? Mainly that I don't think Google is going to separate the organizations this year; with slim participation available, they are going to be looking for any ways to consolidate further. I don't know who from JBoss.org is interested in planning and promoting this. However, the situation makes us dependent on each other and the quality of projects. Fortunately, this situation worked out rather well last year. More information: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_coding Thanks - Karsten [1] http://iquaid.org/2008/04/21/gsoc-statistics-snapshot/ -- Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Community Gardener http://quaid.fedorapeople.org AD0E0C41

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F11 background proposal
by Max Spevack 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

"Leonidas at Thermopylae" http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Jacques-Louis_Davi… I guess the artwork team's job is done. :)

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expand the user base by ... pointing people in the right direction?
by Michelle Thompson 30 Jan '09

30 Jan '09

I keep a look out (recently) on Tweets about Fedora. http://twitter.com/dr_scholl ^^^ this person tweeted these: (dr_scholl) is looking for HELP!! Apparently I don't have "make" on my Fedora 10 ?? WTF?? How do I install it? and hrms... yum install make says it's installed, but CPAN is still telling me it can't find it :( This is FRUSTRATING I'm wondering what some thoughts out there are on maybe trying to point this tweeter in the right direction. I am more familiar with communications, and less familiar with the technical side (so I'm not qualified to help). Just wondering if we would encourage user help in social media channels. [or, if anyone has a pointer -- help docs? a mailing list? an IRC channel? a wiki page? :) ... I can try an @reply to this person .. .] Thoughts? mt

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Marketing Meeting Reminder 29/1/2009
by Jack Aboutboul 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hey All, We will be having our marketing meeting today at 19.00 UTC. We will be in #fedora-meeting. See you all there! Thanks, Jack

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Is KDE 4.2 the Answer to the Linux Desktop?
by Rahul Sundaram 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hi I think, it would have been useful to note that KDE 4.2 will be available as an update for Fedora 10 and Fedora 9 users as well, shortly. It is now in rawhide. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3799116/Is+KDE+42+the+Answ… "Red Hat Fedora Project Leader Paul Frields also struck an optimistic tone on the KDE 4.2 release. "The many Plasma enhancements for usability, and the return of functionality that some users found missing earlier in the 4.x series, should make KDE's audience happy with the new release," Frields told /InternetNews.com/. Fedora is planning on including KDE 4.2 in the upcoming Fedora 11 Alpha set for February 3rd." Rahul

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Why I have chosen Fedora
by Rahul Sundaram 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hi Some interesting view points. http://it-tactics.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-i-have-chosen-fedora.html Rahul

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News: ext4 and Btrfs in Fedora 11
by Steven Moix 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

As requested I'm starting to post the news I see about Fedora on the French web to this mailinglist, these are also added to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressArchive ######### Fedora 11 to provide ext4 as standard, Btrfs optional: http://www.linuxfr.org/2009/01/27/24916.html And in English using the Google translator: http://translate.google.ch/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxfr.org% 2F2009%2F01%2F27%2F24916.html&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=de&ie=UTF-8 Have a nice day Steven

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Self Introduction : Ankrity
by ankrity das 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hello, This is Ankrity Das from Mumbai, India. I am working as a consultant with a management consulting firm. I have done my undergrad in Civil Engineering followed by Masters in Business Administration (MBA). My major was Marketing during my MBA. Though I don't have any formal background in computers, I have been interested in technology as a field of business and view open source systems as a radical business model innovation. I wish to contribute to the Fedora Project during my free time using my background in marketing. The underlying thought which attracts me to Linux is that "IDEAS ARE FREE AND IDEAS CAN SET ONE FREE". Open Source is the begginning of a much bigger movement based on cooperation and collaboration. In that sense, I see a much bigger role for Fedora from the one it has today as an OS. It should become an emblem of Freedom itself. I am actively involved in developing business plans as a part of my job and would be interested in creation of marketing plans for Fedora in India alognwith writing of related articles in press. Looking forward to start contributing in this sphere... Regards, Ankrity Connect with friends all over the world. Get Yahoo! India Messenger at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/?wm=n/

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Hello everyone!
by Robb Munson 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

My name is Robb Munson, I have been using Linux for the past 3 years. I have been a member of many different communties (which im not sure i should name distros or not so i will just stay silent on that.) I found Fedora last month and absolutely fell in love with it. The community has been awesome, the people are very nice compared to other communities. I feel like I am obligated to give back to a community that helped me go from one packaging system to another. Well, thats a very brief description as to why i want to be a part of this community, if you would like more, just feel free to ask! :)

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Meeting this Thursday 29/1
by Jack Aboutboul 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Hey All, If we were to have a meeting this week on Thursday, the 29th, at 17.00 UTC, how many people think they could attend? If we moved the time on Thursday would more people be able to make it? Just trying to take care of some logistics... Thanks, Jack

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