Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-02 Thread J. Dow
> >And if got lost. That should tell you something. Perhaps something like > >"*Advanced interface support for USB, FireWire, and AGP!" > > > >Then place any expostulatory text indented under that as complete sentences. > >This treates the bulleted items as "titles". Your target audience

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Stephen Satchell
At 04:15 PM 9/1/00 -0700, you wrote: >And if got lost. That should tell you something. Perhaps something like >"*Advanced interface support for USB, FireWire, and AGP!" > >Then place any expostulatory text indented under that as complete sentences. >This treates the bulleted items as

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread J. Dow
> I am not a lawyer, marketing manager, marketer, salesperson, pre-sales > person, or indeed even a "real" kernel hacker. I'm a bloody high school > student. Hence the lack of the "journalistic touch". I'm just hacking away, > hoping someone will notice, tell me everything to fix, I fix it, and

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Daniel Stone
> >-> Multimedia > > * Faster multimedia with specially designed video acceleration driver s. In combination with the new release of the X Windows System, Linux includes drivers to take full advantage of your accelerated video card (nVidia and 3Dfx cards among those supported) to get

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Daniel Stone
> Hi Daniel, anyone. Hullo(tm). > I am not a lawyer and I am not a marketing manager, but I think there > are several things that need fixing. Most of these are differences that > I think stand out when comparing your draft with the KDE press releases > for their KDE2.0 betas (those being the

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Rick
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 02:00:25PM -0600, TimO wrote: > Daniel Stone wrote: > >-> Multimedia > > * Faster multimedia with specially designed video acceleration drivers. In >combination with the new release of the X Windows System, Linux includes drivers to >take full advantage of your

Re: [OT] Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date:Fri, 01 Sep 2000 08:47:04 -0700 From: Stephen Satchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 5) Even better would be to obtain the services of a PR firm used to dealing with high-tech questions -- if you would like a list of potential sponsors I can poll the IPG to see who might be

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread TimO
Daniel Stone wrote: > > Gidday! {SNIP} >-> Multimedia > * Faster multimedia with specially designed video acceleration drivers. In >combination with the new release of the X Windows System, Linux includes drivers to >take full advantage of your accelerated video card (nVidia and 3Dfx

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Marc Mutz
Hi Daniel, anyone. I am not a lawyer and I am not a marketing manager, but I think there are several things that need fixing. Most of these are differences that I think stand out when comparing your draft with the KDE press releases for their KDE2.0 betas (those being the only press releases

[OT] Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Stephen Satchell
[Apologies in advance for polluting the linux-kernel with this, but I felt that Mr. Stone's interesting contribution deserved a response from "the other side" -- and that my response may have an impact on the people providing the source information, namely the kernel developers.] As a working

Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Daniel Stone
Gidday! I was just flicking through the Kernel Traffic archives, did a brief skim, and was alarmed to find my name there. It was in this thread, so I decided it was worth a second look for my .00015*10^-9 nanoseconds of fame. I've updated the press release itself below. There are

Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Daniel Stone
Gidday! I was just flicking through the Kernel Traffic archives, did a brief skim, and was alarmed to find my name there. It was in this thread, so I decided it was worth a second look for my .00015*10^-9 nanoseconds of fame. I've updated the press release itself below. There are

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread Marc Mutz
Hi Daniel, anyone. I am not a lawyer and I am not a marketing manager, but I think there are several things that need fixing. Most of these are differences that I think stand out when comparing your draft with the KDE press releases for their KDE2.0 betas (those being the only press releases

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread TimO
Daniel Stone wrote: Gidday! {SNIP} - Multimedia * Faster multimedia with specially designed video acceleration drivers. In combination with the new release of the X Windows System, Linux includes drivers to take full advantage of your accelerated video card (nVidia and 3Dfx cards

Re: Press release - here we go again!

2000-09-01 Thread J. Dow
I am not a lawyer, marketing manager, marketer, salesperson, pre-sales person, or indeed even a "real" kernel hacker. I'm a bloody high school student. Hence the lack of the "journalistic touch". I'm just hacking away, hoping someone will notice, tell me everything to fix, I fix it, and in