> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Shai Bentin > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 2:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Whatsup - Important updates > > > Just a small clarification please- Is there money involoved > in this content sharing with this big poral?
No. at least not for now. Bare in mind that we are not a commercial organization, and we do not operate for profit. Well, at least not for now. Its hard to say what will happen, but this is not something we currently plan. Tal. > > > On â', 2002-03-19 at 12:51, Amir Tal wrote: > > Hi Linuxer's, > > > > We wanted to update you in some changes we are making with > the site, > > and ask For your opinion\advice on some of them. > > > > 1) first, there is a new domain name for us. You can now get to the > > site via http://whatsup.org.il . We thought that as appropriate for > > Linux related site, .org.il is more compatible then .co.il > . We don't > > want people to get the feeling that we are commercial in any way. > > The old domain is still active (and will remain active), > but in any way > > - update your bookmarks ! :) > > > > 2) we will start sending a newsletter (in Hebrew of course) > to all of > > our registered members. The newsletter will include ALL of the > > headlines from the past 24 hours, including links to the original > > stories (both translated and to the news source). We would > like to get > > your opinion about having such a newsletter, and get some > new idea's > > from you about things a user would like to find there, > other the news > > and site updates. > > > > 3) this is the biggest issue : we were contacted by one of > the biggest > > site's in Israel about content sharing . It appears that > since Linux > > is becoming more and more known and appreciated in Israel, more and > > more portals want to develop their own Linux sections, and > are looking > > for sources to get started\share with . The only problem is > that this > > site requires for exclusively. That means that we cannot > join forces > > with any other commercial competitor while working with the current > > one. Non-commercial sites are ok. The question is : do you > think that > > this is a smart move for a site at our position ? We are > only active > > for less then 2 months, and that kind of move can definitely close > > some doors\options for us, but on the other hand we will > get the kind > > of exposure that we can only dream of if we don't take that offer. > > Is this something you would do ? > > > > 4) we would like to take this opportunity and ask you all for your > > help contributing content to the site. We are all working > people that > > cannot devote Ourselves 24\7 for dealing with Linux, but we believe > > this project has a huge potential of helping and promoting > the local > > Linux community. If you feel like you want to chip-in by submitting > > news, writing articles, review products, manage a forum etc, please > > email us to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > > > 5) we thought about having an online store that will sell > (what else) > > Linux related products : original distro's cd's, books, and other > > helpful things. We need you to help us think what products > we can have > > there. Again - the purpose is NOT commercial in any way. We > want to do > > it as a service To the community. > > > > Please say if you think an online store is a good idea's by > voting at > > : > > > http://whatsup.org.il/pollBooth.php?op=results&pollID=15&mode= &order=&th > old= > > Thanks for your help, and we hope to be a great service for the > Israeli Linux community. > > ------------------------------ > Amir Tal, System Administrator > Whatsup - Linux related news > And support - in hebrew ! > icq : 15748705 > http://www.whatsup.co.il > ------------------------------ > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo > unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================== To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
