docs/publicity/publicity.txt

   1 Publicity notes and ideas
   2 =========================
   3
   4 Release announcments can be made to the following
   5 newsgroups.
   6
   7 Microsoft:
   8
   9 comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc
  10 comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools
  11 comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc
  12 comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.misc
  13 comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32
  14 comp.windows.ms.programmer
  15 microsoft.public.win32.programmer.tools
  16 microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui
  17
  18 Non-Microsoft:
  19
  20 comp.programming
  21 comp.os.linux.development.apps
  22 comp.os.linux.announce
  23 comp.sys.mac.programmer.tools
  24 comp.software-eng
  25 comp.lang.c++
  26
  27 comp.windows.x
  28 comp.windows.x.announce
  29 comp.windows.x.motif
  30
  31 Note: submissions to comp.windows.linux.announce must be
  32 sent to cola@stump.algebra.com, with short descr
  33 of software and location. See http://stump.algebra.com/~cola/
  34 NO CROSSPOSTING when sending to this address.
  35
  36 Pack plenty information into the subject.
  37 Don't write a subject like "Foo version 1.1 released". Many
  38 people will not know what Foo is, so the subject won't help them
  39 select articles. Instead, say "Foo 1.1 - copy files more
  40 efficiently than cp". There is no need to say that the article
  41 is an announcement, so don't write a subject like "ANNOUNCEMENT:
  42 Foo version 1.1 released".
  43
  44 News and links sites:
  45 -----------------------
  46
  47 slashdot.org, freshmeat.net, http://lwn.net/
  48
  49 Many of these links will be out of date now:
  50
  51 www.Linuxberg.com
  52 www.visual-developer.com (Visual Developer Magazine, editor:
  53   Jeff Duntemann <jeffd@coriolis.com>)
  54 http://www.hal9k.com/cug/index.htm (C/C++ user group)
  55 www.program.com
  56 www.graphtech.com/vcgroup.html (VC++ user group)
  57 www.motifzone.com
  58 fsw.com
  59 landru.unx.com/DD/advisor/index.shtml (X advisor journal)
  60 landru.unx.com/DD/solutions/index.html (Cross Platform
  61 Solutions magazine)
  62 www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bam/www/toolnames.html
  63   (Brad Myers' Tool List)
  64 http://sal.kachinatech.com/index.shtml: SAL (Scientific Applications on Linux)
  65    is a collection of information and links to software that will be of interest
  66    to scientists and engineers.
  67
  68 Shareware sites
  69 ----------------
  70
  71 We could put a demo (e.g. widgets) on:
  72
  73 winfiles.com
  74 tucows.com
  75 upload.com (zdnet)
  76 simtel.net
  77 shareware.com
  78
  79 among others.
  80
  81 Linux distributors:
  82 --------------------
  83
  84 Red Hat, SuSE, Debian, etc.
  85
  86 PC Magazines:
  87 --------------
  88
  89 CD-ROM distributions for PC Plus, PCW
  90
  91