[FM Discuss] call to arms (keyboards) !!

[adam hyde]

On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 23:47 +0200, Tomi Toivio wrote:
> I was thinking that we should somehow break into our local Finnish
> language blogosphere here. Maybe this would be a nice starting
> point... ;) 
> 

yes! actually it would be great if u posted to also mention the
connection you have with local free software developers, and the plans
for integration wit the tech writing course

adam



> 2009/12/9 adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
>         hi,
>         
>         there have recently been these posts:
>         http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1449211/Is-Linux-Documentation-Lacking
>         http://www.technewsworld.com/story/68798.html
>         http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/11/linux-bug-1-bad.html#comments
>         http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6904/1/
>         
>         all recent, all commenting on the bad state of affairs for
>         docs on free
>         software, none of which mention FM. I think they just dont
>         know of
>         us...we really need to remedy this situation, so this is a
>         call out to
>         anyone on the list to post comments to each of these articles
>         or write
>         to the authors and bring their attention to what we are doing.
>         
>         comment :
>         http://linux.slashdot.org/story/09/12/03/1449211/Is-Linux-Documentation-Lacking (scroll down to the bottom, hit reply, no reg necessary)
>         
>         http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/board/mboard.pl?action=reply_form_html&board=lnitalkback&id=4328&display=1
>         reg necessary
>         
>         http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/11/linux-bug-1-bad.html#comments
>         no reg necessary
>         
>         and for the linux planet article write to :
>         cschroder at internet.com
>         
>         the last one is particularly important since they will post a
>         follow up
>         article shortly
>         
>         dont just hit them with spam, say something about FM to shake
>         them up!
>         Heres a bullet point list to help write comments:
>         * 1500 contributors
>         * all free quality content
>         * 50+ manuals
>         * sites in english, farsi, french with spanish coming
>         * translation site with manuals available in 20+ languages
>         * books produced in 2-5 days
>         * books covering huge range of topics
>         * starting work with universities
>         * manuals continuously maintained
>         * anyone can start a manual
>         * helpful community
>         
>         etc...more points to stimulate comments welcome!!!! please
>         post and make
>         the writers aware of what we are doing...
>         
>         :)
>         
>         adam
>         
>         
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