> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Tzafrir Cohen > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 4:00 PM > To: Amir Tal > Cc: 'Shai Bentin'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Whatsup - Important updates > > > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Amir Tal wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Shai Bentin > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 3:09 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: Whatsup - Important updates > > > > > > > > > OK, so what is it you may get in return for giving exclusivity to > > > them? There must be something. If all you get is exposure, then I > > > don't think it's worth it. MY OPINION! > > > > Yes, but bare in mind that we are talking about a huge > number of hits > > per day ! Currently, we get an average of 1700-2000 hits, > and joining > > forces with those guys can multiple That number by at least 20. > > This sounds to me like fair price for the content you provide for them > > If they want exclusiveness, they should provide more.
Define "more"..what would you ask for ? > > What does "exclusiveness" means? Does it mean that you are > not allowed to provide your headlines in a standard format > such that any website can add those headlines? Any commercial website (like maariv, walla etc..) Non-commercial websites are ok to post to (iglu, linuxisrael etc...) > > Who has the copyrights for your newsletter? Me. I can send it to all of my registered members. That goes only for Email distribution, not web. (don�t ask me what's the deference, its their rule) > > > This is something worth thinking about. > > Again - I am not sure what's the best step here. I am > hoping for more > > opinions from the list So we can decide. > > > > Tal. > > > > > > > > > > > > shai > > > > > > On �', 2002-03-19 at 14:23, Amir Tal wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Shai Bentin > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 2:05 PM > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Subject: Re: Whatsup - Important updates > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just a small clarification please- Is there money > involoved in > > > > > this content sharing with this big poral? > > > > > > > > No. at least not for now. > > > > Bare in mind that we are not a commercial organization, and > > > we do not > > > > operate for profit. Well, at least not for now. Its hard to > > > say what > > > > will happen, but this is not something we currently plan. > > > > > > > > Tal. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On �', 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > ================================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] > > > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir > > > > ================================================================= > 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]
