From: papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) Subject: Re: A New Linux Foundation Date: 21 Mar 1993 17:03:49 GMT
In article <1993Mar21.143304.4354@news.weeg.uiowa.edu> rahayden@news.weeg.uiowa.edu (R Andrew Hayden) writes:
>Here are some thoughts:
>
>A) Maintain a database of "registered users". These are simply normal
>linux users and developers who have supplied their internet and snail
>addresses to the foundation. This database is available to individual and
>corporate developers as an avenue of advertisement. Perhaps this list
>could be either sold (with restrictions that it is in-house use only) or the
>foundation could forward NET.advertisements for a small fee ($1 for GNU, $5
>for shareware, $10 for commercial, for example).
Great idea! Linux would be more like a "real" OS if developers had a way
to get in touch with their potential clients.
>B) Maintain a list of all "works in progress" along with their current
Another good idea.
>
>C) Maintain a list of all Linux available GNUware and Shareware along
Yep!
>D) Market the hell out of linux. Once 1.0 becomes a reality, Linux
>should be pushed as much as possible on the net and in the real world as
>an alternative to DOS/Windows, Windows NT, and OS/2. This could be
Definately! I think that presenting a unified face would be one of the
most important things that the Linox Foundation could do.
>E) Encourage commercial software developers to write Linux software.
Uh huh. Good.
I like all of your ideas. Can I consider this a vote for some form of
loose organization?