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== Marketing ==


In this section, we cover the Fedora Marketing Project.
==Marketing==
 
In this section, we cover the happenings for Fedora Marketing Project for the last week.


http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing


Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
Contributing Writer: [[User:pcalarco | Pascal V. Calarco]]
 
=== Linus Torvalds' personal Linux distro? Fedora 9, of course ===
 
[User:Lcafiero Larry Cafiero] reported[1] that the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, currently uses Fedora 9 "on most of his computers" as reported in a recent interview[2]. "I've used different distributions over the years ... Fedora had fairly good support for PowerPC back when I used that, so I grew used to it. But I actually don't care too much about the distribution, as long as it makes it easy to install and keep reasonably up-to-date," Torvalds added.
 
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00150.html
 
[2] http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/geek-of-the-week/linus-torvalds,-geek-of-the-week/
 
=== Asus Eee PC Fedora Respin ===
 
Valent Turkovic asked[1] if there was interest in working on a Fedora spin for the Eee PC.  Clint Savage reported[2] that his kickstart for the Eee is working almost perfectly, and Mathieu Bridon pointed[3] to the [EeePc wiki page] for this activity.
 
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00156.html


[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00164.html
We are looking for a new writer to take up the weekly Marketing beat. If you are interested, drop a note to one of the FWN editors!


[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00160.html
=== MMM. Almost as tasty as a beefy miracle... your weekly delicious Marketing Meeting Minutes are here! ===


=== Zimbra changes license to address Fedora concerns ===
[[User:Rbergero|Robyn Bergeron]] announced<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-March/013755.html</ref> the availability of the latest Marketing team minutes


Rahul Sundaram reported[1] that Yahoo has responded[2] to the suggestion that the license language for Zimbra be modified to allow it to be consonant with the Fedora project, which now paves the way for Zimbra to be made available in Fedora.  "Our colleagues in the Fedora community were concerned that the old version of 6.2 did not give licensees enough certainty that they could keep exercising their license, even if they followed its requirements. We thought this change was a reasonable request, and we were very pleased that we were able to respond to the Fedora community in the way they asked. Many thanks to our Fedora friends for their input," the Yahoo spokesman explained. Jeroen van Meeuwen added[3] that efforts are already underway to package Zimbra for Fedora. 
"Greetings, Marketeers!


[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00147.html
F15 goodness is well underway. If you're interested in picking up  anything on the schedule, including doing a feature profile or want to  start digging in on one page release notes, please let us know!


[2] http://www.zimbra.com/forums/announcements/19581-license-5-0-7-foss.html
Notes from the meeting are below.


[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00172.html
See you next week!


=== #1 Supercomputer in the World Runs Fedora ===
Minutes<ref>http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2011-03-22/fedora_marketing.2011-03-22-20.03.html</ref>


Rahul Sundaram shared [1] his posting on OSNews [2] documenting that the $100 million IBM Roadrunner [3], the current fastest supercomputer in the world, runs Fedora Linux.
Full logs<ref>http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2011-03-22/fedora_marketing.2011-03-22-20.03.log.html</ref>"


[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00122.html
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[2] http://osnews.com/story/20054/_1_Supercomputer_in_the_World_Runs_Fedora
=== SxSW photobooth awesomeness and its future ===


[3] http://www.top500.org/system/9485
[[User:herlo|Clint Savage]] discussed<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-March/013744.html</ref> strategies for making the "SxSW photobooth awesomeness and its future" more universal to FAmNA events.


=== July 17th Marketing Meeting: A new Fedora Brand Motto ===
"As you probably know, I've been hanging around Fedora for a few years now.  I helped improve the events that Fedora attends by creating the Fedora EventBox.  It's been going really well, but this week, I saw a big improvement because of just a few people at SxSW.  I would like to thank Mo, Emily, Spot, Jared and anyone else who helped make the booththere awesome!


Michael Beckwith posted [1] the log of the July 2008 Marketing meeting. One of the major topics of the meeting was the Fedora brand of "infinity / freedom / voice" vs. the motto of "friends / freedom / features / first", developed earlier this year. Paul Frields later posted [2] that these new "four foundations" need to come to the front and become the new motto for Fedora.  He invites ideas to express the four foundations graphically, and is going to be moving the request into the Artwork project queue. 
. . .


[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00141.html
But there's more we can do with this, and that's where I think the value lies. For one, it is cool that each participant get's a nice little card printed right there with a QR code so they can go retrieve it. But it would also be nice to let them share their photos on social networking sites like Facebook, identi.ca, foursquare, twitter, etc.  I can also see gaining contributors from this concept, in that they are now 'part' of Fedora's legacy.  Maybe having them show up on the FedoraProject front page when an event is happening?  I seriously think that this is stuff that everyone in Fedora would love."


[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00142.html
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Latest revision as of 14:19, 24 March 2011

Marketing

In this section, we cover the happenings for Fedora Marketing Project for the last week.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing

Contributing Writer: Pascal V. Calarco

We are looking for a new writer to take up the weekly Marketing beat. If you are interested, drop a note to one of the FWN editors!

MMM. Almost as tasty as a beefy miracle... your weekly delicious Marketing Meeting Minutes are here!

Robyn Bergeron announced[1] the availability of the latest Marketing team minutes

"Greetings, Marketeers!

F15 goodness is well underway. If you're interested in picking up anything on the schedule, including doing a feature profile or want to start digging in on one page release notes, please let us know!

Notes from the meeting are below.

See you next week!

Minutes[2]

Full logs[3]"

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-March/013755.html
  2. ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2011-03-22/fedora_marketing.2011-03-22-20.03.html
  3. ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting-1/2011-03-22/fedora_marketing.2011-03-22-20.03.log.html

SxSW photobooth awesomeness and its future

Clint Savage discussed[1] strategies for making the "SxSW photobooth awesomeness and its future" more universal to FAmNA events.

"As you probably know, I've been hanging around Fedora for a few years now. I helped improve the events that Fedora attends by creating the Fedora EventBox. It's been going really well, but this week, I saw a big improvement because of just a few people at SxSW. I would like to thank Mo, Emily, Spot, Jared and anyone else who helped make the booththere awesome!

. . .

But there's more we can do with this, and that's where I think the value lies. For one, it is cool that each participant get's a nice little card printed right there with a QR code so they can go retrieve it. But it would also be nice to let them share their photos on social networking sites like Facebook, identi.ca, foursquare, twitter, etc. I can also see gaining contributors from this concept, in that they are now 'part' of Fedora's legacy. Maybe having them show up on the FedoraProject front page when an event is happening? I seriously think that this is stuff that everyone in Fedora would love."

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-March/013744.html
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