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List:       freebsd-advocacy
Subject:    Re: German FreeBSD and advocacy
From:       Pat Lynch <lynch () bsd ! unix ! sh>
Date:       2000-01-09 23:02:19
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Olaf Hoyer wrote:

> 
> (Please forgive me for using Microshit products, but my whole emailing
> resides also for some compatibility/archiving (about 8000 mails) reasons
> for years on it. If someone could recommend a product like Eudora Pro for
> FreeBSD, I'd be happy ;-)  )
>

actually the mailbox formats are the same format that elm/pine/mutt read
afaik.

so there ya go ;)
 
> Ok: My idea was to do some work in the advocacy field regarding germany,
> and contributing to the documentation (translating/working on handbook and
> howtos, perhaps a pile/booklet of manpages came to my mind), as my spare
> time will allow.
> 

If you;ve got the spare time, I'm sure that would help ALOT. Advocacy is
just as important as coding IMHO.

> 
> 
> Thought was to do something with a german booklet, a nice and snappy
> packaging, so that it can compete against a big Linux package sitting next
> to it on the shelf.
> Of course, here has to be done some work/research with walnut creek, as
> they are doing some business also with that, inhowfar one could come
> together on that issue.
> 

Thats probably a good idea, but I'll let the guys that do that for a
living answer to that one ;)


-Pat> 


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Pat Lynch						lynch@rush.net
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							lynch@blowfi.sh
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