"Dunlap, Randy" wrote:
> > Mainly for Randy: is there some way that this can be structured so we
> > look professional and well organised? Perhaps a Linux International
> > approach?
>
> I'm not following your question/suggestion here, Brad.
> Could you try to reword it?
Sure I can try.
There are essentially two ways to try and get product specs and sample
devices transferred to the Linux community, which for the purposes of
this email I will call the sniper approach and the artillery approach.
The sniper approach basically has some letters written on letterhead
that go to someone with the power to say yes (like the marketing
director) that make it clear why providing data, products and access to
engineers/programmers is in the best interests of their company.
The artillery approach basically has everyone sending emails to the
contacts on the vendors list and seeing what happens.
I like the sniper approach, because it looks more professional and
allows better organisation. However the artillery approach is more like
the traditional Linux approach. Also, two approaches are not mutually
exclusive, and military tactics often call for artillery to soften the
target. Of course this also teaches people to keep their heads down.
Lets not take this analogy too far though...
So what I was trying to say is - have someone (to be decided) write the
generic letter, merge in the contact details, add a recognised
letterhead (which is the Linux International tie-in) and send off to
every player in USB 2.0 products.
The idea is that given a suitable approach, Linux USB gets in early and
doesn't need to blow a lot of money.
Now I think about it, perhaps there is a way to bring in the *BSD guys
as well.
Of course, what would I know - I'm just a tech writer (aka peasant of
open source:).
Brad
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