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Re: GNU Press Releases

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From: Steve Byrne
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 18:10
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In article <9011160404.AA11883@wubios.wustl.edu> david@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (David J. Camp) writes:

   I was reading Info World just now, and was reminded of the fact that
   free software is rarely mentioned in these publications.  The products
   that are mentioned probably were announced via press releases.  I 
   suggest that the FSF make press releases announcing major releases of
   its products to all the major computer newspapers.  -David-

Some publications seem to be biased to only commercial products.  I don't know
if this is policy, or the fact that commercial products often have some kind of
marketing people associated with them who write the copy (article text) for
publication.  I'd love to see some articles in things like UNIX {Review,World},
UnixToday, InfoWorld, etc. about what the FSF is doing, and what software
"products" are already available from FSF.  A lot of people have some vague
notion of what GNU/FSF is about, but think that Emacs is about the only result.
A list of all the programs already available would really drive the point home
that GNU software is a serious (and hopefully preferred) alternative to
existing non-free software packages, and would "spread the word" about free
software.

Steve
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Subject: Re: GNU Press Releases
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