Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 17 Jan 1999 23:27:53 -0600 | From | Michael Elizabeth Chastain <> | Subject | Re: *** draft 3 - press release *** |
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Hi Greg,
It needs quotes from Linus. It needs quotes from Linux vendors. It needs quotes from satisfied users. It needs the active voice. Badly. It needs a lead sentence.
Check out http://www.samba.org for a decent press release.
Here's my draft ... ALL THE QUOTES ARE FICTITIOUS.
Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mailto:mec@shout.net> "love without fear"
<FICTITIOUS> Santa Clara, CA -- Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux Kernel 2.2. The Linux Kernel is an advanced multi-tasking UNIX-compatible operating system suitable for desktop, server, and embedded systems.
<FICTITIOUS> Linux Kernel 2.2 is an update to Linux Kernel 2.0, which was released in July 1996. Version 2.2 features more foo, faster blah, and support for a wide array of bletch, including interoperability with whatever.
<FICTITIOUS> Torvalds distributes Linux Kernel under the Gnu Public License, an open-source license originally developed by the Free Software Foundation. "It's incredible how much open source leverages my development," said His Penguin Majesty. "I don't so much write Linux Kernel as edit it. I would like to thank everyone on the kernel development team who contributed to the development effort and participated in the open beta testing." The simulacrum of Torvalds went on to add "The author of this *fictitious* press release made up all these quotes for illustrative purposes, and any news source that gets hold of a garbled copy and reports it as real news is going to be a laughingstock."
<FICTITIOUS> Bob Young, CEO of Red Hat Software, said: "we were pleased to be a sponsor of Linux Kernel 2.2 development. The kernel is at the heart of Red Hat Linux." The imaginary copy of Young went on to say "we intend to ship Red Hat Linux X.Y based on Linux Kernel 2.2 in the blah quarter of whenever. But watch out, everything in this paragraph is a fictitiuos quote for illustrative purposes too."
<FICTITIOUS> So and so, spokesman for SuSE, said: "....".
<FICTITIOUS> More vendor quotes.
<FICTITIOUS> Big Important Guy from Intimidating Computers commented "Linux is hot. We are seeing a rising tide of Linux interest from our customers, and Linux Kernel 2.2 is a key part of our Linux product plans."
<FICTITIOUS> More commercial partner quotes.
<FICTITIOUS> John Q. Hacker at Impressive Organization said "we have been using the beta versions of Linux Kernel 2.2 for N months now. We have been very happy with the additional frotz. The beta feedback cycle is very responsive; when we report a problem, we often see it fixed in the next beta version. Our experience has been that the later beta versions of Linux are more stable and reliable then production versions of other operating systems."
<FICTITIOUS> Now get into the feature list.
<FICTITIOUS> As an open-source product, Linux Kernel 2.2 is available for immediate download on the World Wide Web at www.kernel.org.
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