Just a small clarification please- Is there money involoved in this content sharing with this big poral?
On ג', 2002-03-19 at 12:51, Amir Tal wrote: > Hi Linuxer's, > > We wanted to update you in some changes we are making with the site, and > ask > For your opinion\advice on some of them. > > 1) first, there is a new domain name for us. You can now get to the site > via http://whatsup.org.il . > We thought that as appropriate for Linux related site, .org.il is more > compatible then .co.il . We don't want people to get the feeling that we > are commercial in any way. > The old domain is still active (and will remain active), but in any way > - update your bookmarks ! :) > > 2) we will start sending a newsletter (in Hebrew of course) to all of > our registered members. The newsletter will include ALL of the headlines > from the past 24 hours, including links to the original stories (both > translated and to the news source). We would like to get your opinion > about having such a newsletter, and get some new idea's from you about > things a user would like to find there, other the news and site > updates. > > 3) this is the biggest issue : we were contacted by one of the biggest > site's in Israel about content sharing . > It appears that since Linux is becoming more and more known and > appreciated in Israel, more and more portals want to develop their own > Linux sections, and are looking for sources to get started\share with . > The only problem is that this site requires for exclusively. That means > that we cannot join forces with any other commercial competitor while > working with the current one. Non-commercial sites are ok. > The question is : do you think that this is a smart move for a site at > our position ? We are only active for less then 2 months, and that kind > of move can definitely close some doors\options for us, but on the other > hand we will get the kind of exposure that we can only dream of if we > don't take that offer. > Is this something you would do ? > > 4) we would like to take this opportunity and ask you all for your help > contributing content to the site. We are all working people that cannot > devote > Ourselves 24\7 for dealing with Linux, but we believe this project has a > huge potential of helping and promoting the local Linux community. > If you feel like you want to chip-in by submitting news, writing > articles, review products, manage a forum etc, please email us to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > 5) we thought about having an online store that will sell (what else) > Linux related products : original distro's cd's, books, and other > helpful things. > We need you to help us think what products we can have there. Again - > the purpose is NOT commercial in any way. We want to do it as a service > To the community. > > Please say if you think an online store is a good idea's by voting at : > http://whatsup.org.il/pollBooth.php?op=results&pollID=15&mode=&order=&th > old= > > Thanks for your help, and we hope to be a great service for the Israeli > Linux community. > > ------------------------------ > Amir Tal, System Administrator > Whatsup - Linux related news > And support - in hebrew ! > icq : 15748705 > http://www.whatsup.co.il > ------------------------------ > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
