Re: Marketing/PR cont'd

[Nadim Shaikli <shaikli at yahoo dot com>]

I'm catching-up on email - sorry for the delay :-)

--- Ossama Khayat <okhayat at yahoo dot com> wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> Those people were interested in a 'How-to do it' kind
> of presentation. They kept asking How-tos about:
>   - Linux Administration (in general).
>   - Desktop/applications features.
>   - Easyness of use and experience needed .. etc.
> 
> Some of the good points presented would be:
>   a. A brief, concise introduction to GNU, FSF and
>     Arabeyes.
>     - History, goals, license.
>   b. An overview of features and advantages.
>     - This is because most of them will compare it to
>       Windogz.
>   c. Arabized tutorials and How-tos.
>   d. Arabic supporting resources (sites, apps, and
>   other stuff).

We have most of these things, no ?  Could you possibly look
through what was included on Arabbix and the various HOWTOs
on our website and let us know what we are missing ?

> When I was explaining the content of the GPL (in
> brief) to the students, they were amazed in the way it
> is created. Day after day (in one week only) they were
> impressed by the amount of support, and powerful tools
> available.

Also note this Arabic GPL translation.

  http://cvs.arabeyes.org/viewcvs/doc/misc/ar_GPL

I would really like to see some progress on solidifying a
PR campaign and making sure we have all the docs, etc that
people deem necessary and important.

Salam.

 - Nadim

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