[Debian-sf-devel] Re: Public relations and journalists, again

[Steve Mallett]

On Friday, December 6, 2002, at 04:30  PM, Rick Moen wrote:

> Roland, since I don't (yet) have a subscription to LWN (I know, I
> know!), I haven't seen what they wrote.  I _do_ know what I sent in to
> LWN's letters column, and I did pretty clearly state (I think) that
> Debian-SF and GForge are aiming towards merger.  I _didn't_ in any way
> claim GForge is the only Free clone, and I _did_ attempt to list (but
> not denigrate) the numerous forks that people have worked so hard to
> keep moving forward.
>
> I was of course trying to be brief (this being a letters column, not an
> article), and summarise information from diverse sources before LWN's
> then-pending publication deadline, in a hurry.  I _hope_ my comments
> were generally inaccurate, and tried to ensure that.  If I've
> inadvertantly given offence nonetheless, my apologies, as I was trying
> carefully to avoid giving any.

I'm actually just finishing up an interview with Tim & explicity asked 
him to elaborate on how debian-sf has helped since you brought it to my 
attention, Roland.

Again, I don't feel my writing was inaccurate even though I wasn't 
cheerleading for debian-sf, but for Tim in these pieces.

Hi Rick & address@hidden  Here's what I was writing:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2363   (link within a bit more stuff 
on OSDir.com that I wrote about it)
& a teazer of the interview to come: 
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2392

Tata,

Steve Mallett
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