Re: *** draft 4 - press release ***

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 04:44:17 +0000 (GMT)


> [NOTE - I mentioned a site (kernel.org) which could be quoted, so that people
> who aren't geeky enough to know what the exactly all this is about, but are
> game to give it a try, can. However, I feel somewhat apprehensive about
> mentioning that it may be congested and slow. Any thoughts?]

So play it postively

To cope with the massive expected demand for this upgrade a whole heirarchy
of mirror servers worldwide are in place and ready to roll. See
http://www.kernel.org for a listing by country code.

> supported. Support is widely available via both traditional contracts

I think "support contracts" would be better. Even better if you can emphasize
the choice aspect

"Support contracts are available from vendors and due to the open source
nature of Linux to numerous third party organisations"

People remember what having vendor support only can be like..

> [COMMENT - Will Linux 2.2 run on the new Pentium III? I saw some mention of
> this in a newspaper. I assume that it's going to 32-bit, but it's going to
> look bad if it's 64-bit, and 2.2 won't run on it.]

Should do, there is some stuff needed to support the new extensions.

> [COMMENT - For this next section, I propose we also include the names of the
> sites. It will clarify some (www.li.org is an example), and just make others
> easier to refer to.]

Add linuxberg - its a very nice nongeek Linux site and gives people a good
flavour of available software

Alan

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