It is really a great idea, I would suggest that if we could start Fedora Magazine
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If we decided to open up Red Hat Magazine, so that members of the Fedora > >> community were part of the editorial board, responsible for identifying > >> and > >> producing great Fedora content for a broad audience, and using the Red > >> Hat > >> Magazine voice directly -- would that be of interest to people here? > >> > >> I'm talking about running RHM completely transparently. Open editorial > >> meetings, an open publication calendar, etc., etc. Would you be > >> interested > >> in participating in such a project? > > > > My main worry is brand marketing. When I think of Red Hat Magazine, I > > expect items/content written/produced for the Red Hat products: RHEL, > > RHN, RHCE, RH-DS, RH-IPA, etc. [Even though that has not been the > > general trend of the magazine.] I don't think Fedora as at least in my > > brain I keep them as separate entities. A Fedora Magazine I would > > expect items on Fedora Linux, Spacewalk, FreeIPA, Fedora-DS, Dogtags, > > etc.. > > > > Does that make sense to others? What would be the end product and what > > 'marketing brand' would it mostly embracing? > > Definitely. > > I'd rather see a Fedora Magazine too. It can use the same infrastructure, > but make it as independant as possible to the eyes of readers (ie: not a > *.redhat.com URL, Fedora look and feel, ...). > > We should try to separate the two brands. Of course RedHat is liable for > Fedora, but if we use the RHM, we'll be seen as a RedHat product (which we > don't want right ?). > > The recent "incident" already hurt the independance of the Fedora > Community. Let's not perpetuate this situation. > > Regards, > > > ---------- > > Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) > French Fedora Ambassador > > ---------- > "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." ~Benjamin Franklin > > -- > Fedora-marketing-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list > -- "A positive attitude can really make dreams come true -- it did for me" With Regards, Aadarsh B Voice: (+62) 817 925 1607
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