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 Non-Microsoft: comp.programming comp.os.linux.development.apps comp.os.linux.announce comp.sys.mac.programmer.tools comp.software-eng comp.lang.c++ comp.windows.x comp.windows.x.announce comp.windows.x.motif Note: submissions to comp.windows.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News and links sites: ----------------------- slashdot.org, freshmeat.net, http://lwn.net/ Many of these links will be out of date now: www.Linuxberg.com www.visual-developer.com (Visual Developer Magazine, editor: Jeff Duntemann ) http://www.hal9k.com/cug/index.htm (C/C++ user group)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. 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