<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Linux Advocacy mini-HOWTO: Related Information</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Advocacy-5.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Advocacy-3.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Advocacy.html#toc4" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Advocacy-5.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Advocacy-3.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Advocacy.html#toc4">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s4">4. Related Information</A></H2> <P> <P>Lars Wirzenius, former <A HREF="news:comp.os.linux.announce">comp.os.linux.announce</A> moderator and long-time Linux activist, also has some <A HREF="http://www.iki.fi/liw/texts/advocating-linux.html">thoughts</A> about Linux advocacy. <P>Eric S. Raymond provides an <A HREF="http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar.html">analysis</A> of why the development model used by the Linux community has been so successful. <P>The free software community has recognized that the terms "free software" and "freely available software" are not appropriate in all contexts. For more information about using the term "open-source software" when marketing "free software", please visit the <A HREF="http://www.opensource.org/">Open Source</A> site. <P>If you need to brush up on your Linux sales techniques, take a look at the <A HREF="http://zgp.org/~dmarti/linuxmanship/">Linuxmanship</A> essay by Donald B. Marti, Jr. <P>The <A HREF="http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~conradp/linux/pr/">Linux PR</A> site discusses the importance of press releases to the Linux community. Another way to gain valuable experience in this area is to organize a NetDay at a local school using the guidelines presented in the <A HREF="http://www.netday.org/NetDay/howto/guide/">NetDay How-To Guide</A>. <P> <A HREF="http://www.li.org/">Linux International's</A> goal is to promote the development and use of Linux. <P>The <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/">Linux Documentation Project</A> is an invaluable resource for Linux advocates. <P>The <A HREF="http://www.portalux.com/">Linux Center Project</A> provides a thematical index of resources about Linux and free software. <P>The <A HREF="http://www.m-tech.ab.ca/linux-biz/">Linux Business Applications</A> site provides a forum for organizations that depend on Linux for day-to-day business operations to share their experiences. <P> <A HREF="http://linas.org/linux/">Linux Enterprise Computing</A> and <A HREF="http://www.cyber.com.au/misc/frsbiz/">Freely Redistributable Software in Business</A> cover resources and topics of interest to those deploying Linux in a business/commercial/enterprise setting. <P>The <A HREF="http://www.10mb.com/linux/">Linux Advocacy Project's</A> goal is to encourage commercial application developers to provide native Linux versions of their software. <P>The <A HREF="http://visar.csustan.edu/giveaway.html">Linux CD and Support Giveaway</A> program is helping make Linux more widely available by encouraging the reuse of Linux CD-ROMs. <P> <A HREF="http://www.ssc.com/">Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc. (SSC)</A> hosts the <A HREF="http://www.linuxresources.com/">Linux Resources</A> site and publishes the <EM> <A HREF="http://www.linuxjournal.com/">Linux Journal</A></EM>. <P>The <A HREF="http://www.lege.com/linux-biz.html">linux-biz</A> mailing list is a forum created to discuss the use of Linux in a business environment. <P>The Linux Mission Critical Systems <A HREF="http://wauug.erols.com/mclinux/results.html">survey</A> documents successful existing systems which have a large load and are up 24 hours per day. <P>A number of online publications are now devoted to covering Linux. These include: <UL> <LI><EM> <A HREF="http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/~angel/LinuxFocus/">LinuxFocus</A></EM> </LI> <LI><EM> <A HREF="http://www.linux.cz/noviny/">Linuxove noviny</A></EM> </LI> <LI><EM> <A HREF="http://www.ssc.com/lg/">Linux Gazette</A></EM> </LI> <LI><EM> <A HREF="http://www.pluto.linux.it/journal/">PLUTO Journal</A></EM>.</LI> </UL> <P>Additional links to online publications can be found at the <A HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org/links/media.html">Linux Documentation Project</A> and the <A HREF="http://www.portalux.com/informations/journals/">Linux Center Project</A>. <P> <HR> <A HREF="Advocacy-5.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Advocacy-3.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Advocacy.html#toc4">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>