Publicity notes and ideas ========================= Release announcments can be made to the following newsgroups. Microsoft: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.misc comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 comp.windows.ms.programmer microsoft.public.win32.programmer.tools microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui microsoft.public.win32.programmer.3rdparty microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wince microsoft.public.pocketpc.developer microsoft.public.smartphone.developer Non-Microsoft: comp.programming comp.os.linux.development.apps comp.os.linux.announce comp.sys.mac.programmer.tools comp.software-eng comp.lang.c++ borland.public.cppbuilder.thirdpartytools (newsgroups.borland.com) comp.windows.x comp.windows.x.announce comp.windows.x.motif Note: submissions to comp.os.linux.announce must be sent to cola@stump.algebra.com, with short descr of software and location. See http://stump.algebra.com/~cola/ NO CROSSPOSTING when sending to this address. Pack plenty information into the subject. Don't write a subject like "Foo version 1.1 released". Many people will not know what Foo is, so the subject won't help them select articles. Instead, say "Foo 1.1 - copy files more efficiently than cp". There is no need to say that the article is an announcement, so don't write a subject like "ANNOUNCEMENT: Foo version 1.1 released". News and links sites: ----------------------- slashdot.org, freshmeat.net, http://lwn.net/ Many of these links will be out of date now: www.Linuxberg.com www.visual-developer.com (Visual Developer Magazine, editor: Jeff Duntemann ) http://www.hal9k.com/cug/index.htm (C/C++ user group) www.program.com www.graphtech.com/vcgroup.html (VC++ user group) www.motifzone.com fsw.com landru.unx.com/DD/advisor/index.shtml (X advisor journal) landru.unx.com/DD/solutions/index.html (Cross Platform Solutions magazine) www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/bam/www/toolnames.html (Brad Myers' Tool List) http://sal.kachinatech.com/index.shtml: SAL (Scientific Applications on Linux) is a collection of information and links to software that will be of interest to scientists and engineers. MacDev developers list To submit a posting to MacDev-1, mailto:press_releases@mactech.com. To subscribe to MacDev-1, send mail to listserv@listmail.xplain.com with the SUBJECT line reading "SUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". To unsubscribe, the SUBJECT line should read "UNSUBSCRIBE MACDEV-1". ct-Newsticker : mailto:presse@ct.heise.de List of sites and addresses from tn0013.txt: a) FreshMeat: - http://freshmeat.net/projects/wxwindowsgtk/ - username and password are "wxgtk" for logging in - hit "new release" at the top - follow the step by step b) wx-announce mailing list: mailto:wx-announce@lists.wxwidgets.org [where is the announcement text? TODO] c) update www.wxwidgets.org d) GNOME (very effective, stays on front page for days): - http://www.gnome.org/applist - Search for wxWidgets - Update the version number - Ignore the error message e) MacNN: - http://www.macnn.com - Contact or Contribute or something - email news@macnn.com f) MacRumors: - http://www.macrumors.com - Contact or Contribute or something g) Apple Developer Connection: mailto: adcnews@apple.com h) LinuxDevices.com: Interesting for wxUniversal. Shareware sites ---------------- We could put a demo (e.g. widgets) on: winfiles.com tucows.com upload.com (zdnet) simtel.net shareware.com among others. Linux distributors: -------------------- Red Hat, SuSE, Debian, etc. PC Magazines: -------------- CD-ROM distributions for PC Plus, PCW Organisations: -------------- http://www.egovos.org/ The Center of Open Source & Government (Submitted to their directory, 2003-04-25) http://www.opensector.org/ (nothing submitted yet)