Ken Yap wrote:
>
> >We need a decent sized advert in the SMH (or some other well known
> >newspaper)
>
> Decent sized adverts in the dead tree press are very expensive.
I agree with Ken that dead-tree adds are very expensive.
They are also fleeting and in a very competitive market and for the
concept you are advancing, very hard to get the message across.
> Might be
> easier to put out a press release on the web site, saying something like
> "we would like to assure users of Linux and similar OSes like *ix and
> *BSD that AFAWK there are no vulnerabilities in *x mail readers to the
> recent love bug, etc". No need to mention that other OS. Then email a
> few journos in the electronic press about it.
"SLUG" could even take the concept further by having a "Virus Free
Email" day, aka installfest + ISP config day. It just requires the
people who are prepared to do the work.
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