Email template to inform media about Foswiki 1.0

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  6. Let us all hope for good media coverage.
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English subject: "Foswiki 1.0 is out: The TWiki fork has released its first version"

Dear Jane Doe,

I am a member of the Foswiki community and one of your readers. I thought you may be interested to know that we have released Foswiki 1.0, one of the most capable enterprise wikis around. A fork from the TWiki project, Foswiki is a non-commercial, true open source project. We would greatly appreciate it if you would cover our release with an article.

Please find our official press release "Foswiki 1.0 is out - Welcome to Foswiki, the successor to TWiki!" in English, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish at http://foswiki.org/Community/InitialReleasePressRelease. It contains a lot of useful information about our project, its features, and its goals that may be helpful to you. Further information and details can be found on our website at http://foswiki.org.

Will you write about us?

Best regards,

[Your name]
Foswiki member

Deutscher Betreff: "Foswiki 1.0 wurde veröffentlicht: Der TWiki-fork ist mit der ersten Version am Start"

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

ich bin ein Mitglied der Foswiki-Community und einer Ihrer Leser. Ich dachte, dass Sie daran interessiert sein könnten, dass die Foswiki-Community die Software "Foswiki 1.0" veröffentlicht hat. Foswiki ist der Nachfolger von TWiki und zusammen mit TWiki eines der führenden Firmenwiki-Software-Systeme im Markt. Wir sind ein nicht-kommerzielles Open-Source-Projekt. Es wäre eine große Ehre, wenn Sie unseren Launch mit einem Artikel für Ihre Leser bedenken könnten.

Eine offizielle Pressemeldung "Foswiki 1.0 is out - Welcome to Foswiki, the successor to TWiki!" in englisch, chinesisch, dänisch, holländisch, französisch, deutsch und portugiesisch finden Sie unter http://foswiki.org/Community/InitialReleasePressRelease. Darin sind zahlreiche hilfreiche Informationen für eine Berichterstattung enthalten. Weitere Informationen über das Fowsiki-Projekt finden sich außerdem auf unserer Website unter http://foswiki.org.

Werden Sie über uns schreiben?

Viele Grüße

[Your name]
Mitglied der Foswiki-Community


Chinese subject: "Foswiki 1.0 is out: The TWiki-fork has released its first version"

中文標題:「Foswiki 1.0 上架:TWiki 分支釋出了第一個版本」

親愛的 先生/女士:

我是 Foswiki 社群的成員也是您的讀者之一。我想您可能有興趣知道,我們已經發布 Foswiki 1.0 。Foswiki 是 TWiki 的繼任者,它與 TWiki 都是目前主要的企業級的 wiki。Foswiki 是個非商業,真正的開放源碼計劃。若您能發表一篇有關我們釋出新版的文章,我們將感激不盡。

請參考我們正式的新聞稿「Foswiki 1.0 釋出 – 歡迎光臨 Foswiki,TWiki 的繼任者!」包括英語,漢語,丹麥語,荷蘭語,法語,德語,葡萄牙語和西班牙語,網址是 http://foswiki.org/Community/InitialReleasePressRelease 。內容包含了許多有關本計劃的有用信息、它的功能,及它的目標,這些可能對你有幫助。可以到我們的網站 http://foswiki.org 尋找進一步的消息和細節。

你會報導有關我們的消息嗎?

謝謝

[Your name]
Foswiki 會員


Sujet français : "Foswiki 1.0 voit le jour : Le fork de TWiki a sorti sa première version"

Cher Monsieur Tartempion,

Je suis un membre de la communauté Foswiki et un de vos lecteurs. J'ai pensé que vous seriez intéressé de savoir que nous avons sorti Foswiki 1.0. Foswiki est le successeur de TWiki et, avec TWiki, un des leaders parmi les wikis destinés aux entreprises. Foswiki est un projet non commercial, et véritablement open source. Nous apprécierions grandement si vous pouviez couvrir cette sortie avec un article.

Veuillez trouver notre communiqué de presse officiel "Foswiki 1.0 est sorti - Bienvenue à Foswiki, le successeur de TWiki !" en anglais, chinois, danois, hollandais, français, allemand, portugais, et espagnol à http://foswiki.org/Community/InitialReleasePressRelease. Il contient de nombreuses informations utiles sur notre projet, ses caractéristiques et ses aspirations, pouvant vous être utiles. De plus amples informations et détails se trouvent sur notre site à http://foswiki.org.

Ecrirez-vous sur nous ?

Bien à vous,

[Votre nom]
membre de Foswiki


Nederlands betreft: "Foswiki 1.0 is uit: De TWiki-fork heeft zijn eerste versie uitgegeven."

Geachte Dames, heren,

Ik ben lid van de Foswiki gemeenschap en een van uw lezers. Ik denk dat u misschien wel geïnteresseerd bent in het feit dat Foswiki 1.0 is vrijgegeven. Foswiki is de opvolger van TWiki, beide horen bij de top enterprise wikis in de wereld. Foswiki is een niet commercieel open source project. Wij (als Foswiki gemeenschap) zouden het bijzonder waarderen als u een artikel over ons zou schrijven.

Ons officiële persbericht "Dutch Press Release: Foswiki brengt versie 1.0 uit" in het Engels, Chinees, Deens, Nederlands, Frans, Duits, Portugees, en Spaans kunt u vinden op: http://foswiki.org/Community/InitialReleasePressRelease. In dit bericht staat informatie over ons project, de mogelijkheden van Foswiki en de doelen die wij nastreven. Meer informatie kunt u natuurlijk vinden op onze website: http://foswiki.org.

Wilt u over ons schrijven?

Met de vriendelijke groeten

[Je naam]
Foswiki lid


Contacted media

List of media, that should be contacted for each release of Foswiki

Please add the name of the media contact, that you sent the mail to in the list below:

English media

German media

French media

  • 01net & Groupe Tests, contacted redaction -at- 01net.fr and redaction -at- groupetests -dot- fr
  • IT News Info, publishers of Le Monde Informatique, contacted Olivier Rafal by e-mail
  • Journal du Net, high-tech section contacted through web form at http://www.journaldunet.com/contact/redaction.shtml
  • L'Informaticien, magazine, contacted at contact -at- linformaticien -dot- fr
  • PC Expert, magazine, contacted Fernando Miguel by e-mail
  • VNUNET (NetMediaEurope), contacted Philippe Guerrier by e-mail
  • SVM, magazine, contacted courrier -at- svmlemag -dot- fr
  • Micro Actuel, magazine, contacted microactuel -dot- redaction -at- futurenet -dot- fr
  • Linux Mag France & Linux Pratique, magazines, contacted Denis Bodor trough e-mail and lecteurs -at- linux-pratique -dot- com
  • Toolinux, contacted redac -at- toolinux -dot- com
  • ZDNet.fr, contacted Christophe Verron by e-mail
  • TechCrunch France, contacted techcrunch.FR -at- gmail -dot- com
  • Presse-citron, through the Web-based contact form on http://www.presse-citron.net/
  • AccessOWeb, through the Web-based contact form on http://www.accessoweb.com/
  • Nowhere Else 2.0, through the Web-based contact form on http://www.nowhereelse.fr
  • Le Journal du Geek, through the Web-based contact form on http://www.journaldugeek.com
  • Kelblog, written to Pierre et Cathy by e-mail
  • Korben, through the Web-based contact form on http://www.korben.info
  • Gizmodo, for http://www.gizmodo.fr/ written to fredmodo by e-mail
  • 2803, through the contact form at http://www.2803.fr
  • Standblog, contacted Tristan Nitot through e-mail
  • Veille Perso, http://www.veilleperso.com/ contacted Olivier through e-mail

Dutch media

Chinese media

Advocacy Targets

English media

Target Contact Information Status
Apache Week
editors -at- apacheweek -dot-com
Done
Associated Press
info -at- ap -dot- org
Done
Business Communications Review
 
 
BusinessWeek
Done
Byte & Switch
Editors -at- byteandswitch -dot- com
Done
Brian Solis
 
 
Channel Business
Christine Horton chorton -at- bpl-business -dot- com
Done
Chronicle of Philanthropy
editor -at- philanthropy -dot- com
Done
Comms Design
Patrick Mannion pmannion -at- techinsights -dot- com
Done
Communications
products -at- comnews -dot- com (subject "New Product")
Done
Computer Business Review
sevans -at- industryreview -dot- com
Done
Converge
Jeana Graham jgraham -at- centerdigitaled -dot- com
Done
Cnet
 
 
Cnet News.com
 
 
CRN
 
 
DDJ
Jonathan Erickson jerickson -at- ddj -dot- com
Done
Dan Gillmor
Done
Daily Deal
 
 
ElectricNews .net
news -at- electricnews -dot- net
Done
Enterprise Times
 
 
eWeek
 
 
FreshMeat.net
jeff.covey -at- freshmeat -dot- net
Done
Forbes
readers -at- forbes -dot- com
Done
GigaOM
 
 
IDG News Service
idgnews at- idg dot- com
Done
IT Europa
Edd.Barley -at- iteuropa -dot- com
Done
IT Week
Madeline.Bennett -at- incisivemedia -dot- com
Done
Information Advisor
 
 
InfoWorld
letters -at- infoworld -dot- com
Done
IT's Monday
 
 
Jeremiah Owyang
 
 
Light Reading
Done
Linux Format, UK
 
 
LinuxPR
webmaster -at- linuxpr -dot- com
Done
Linux Journal
ljeditor at- linuxjournal -dot- com
Done
LinuxWorld Magazine
Don Marti dmarti -at- linuxworld -dot- com
Done
Mercury News
 
 
Microscope
 
 
MIS Magazine Australia
Paul Smith psmith -at- afr -dot- com -dot- au
Done
NY Times
nytnews -at- nytimes -dot- com
Done
Network Magazine
Done
Networking Pipeline
 
 
NewsForge
Done
O'Reilly Media
proposals -at- oreilly -dot- com
Done
Private Equity
 
 
ReadWriteWeb
tips -at- readwriteweb -dot- com
Done
Rebel Publishing
katie -at- rebelpublishing -dot- net
Done
Red Herring
editorial -at- redherring -dot- com
Done
Reuters
Done
Salon.com
22nd -at- salon -dot- com (Subject "EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS")
Done
San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal
Done
Seattle Times
Done
Silicon Valley Watcher
 
 
Slashdot
Done
SourceForge.nt
spreadtheword -at- sourceforge -dot- net
Done
Startups.co.uk
Sara Rizk sarar -at- crimsonbusiness -dot- co -dot- uk
Done
TechCrunch
Michael Arrington - tips -at- techcrunch -dot- com
Done
Tech Target
Kerry Glance kglance -at- techtarget -dot- com
Done
TechWeb
 
 
Techworld
editor -at- techworld -dot- com
Done
Telecom Trends
info -at- telecomtrends -dot- net
Done
The Register
news -at- theregister -dot- co -dot- uk
Done
The WHIR.com
submitnews -at- thewhir -dot- com
Done
Venture Capital Journal
lawrence.aragon -at- thomsonreuters -dot- com & alastair.goldfisher -at- thomsonreuters -dot- com
Done
Venture Reporter
 
 
Venture Wire
 
 
WebWorker Daily
 
 
WikiMatrix
wikimatrix -at- cosmocode -dot- de
Done
Wired Magazine
Done
Wall Street Journal
feedback -at- wsj -dot- com & newseditors -at- wsj -dot- com
Done
Washington Post
 
 
ZDNet
 
 
Ziff Davis Media
info -at- ziffdavis -dot- com
Done

German media

Target Contact Information Status
Computer Reseller News
markus.reuter -at- crn -dot- de & martin.fryba -at- cmp-weka -dot- de
Done
Computerworld
Done
c't Magazin
ct -at- ctmagazin -dot- de
Done
EE Times
Christoph Hammerschmidt chammerschmidt -at- techinsights -dot- com
Done
heise news
newstips -at- heise -dot- de
Done
Infoconomy
Done
iX Magazin
Jürgen Seeger js -at- ix -dot- de & post -at- ix -dot- de
Done
Linux-Magazin
Britta Wuelfing, presse-info -at- linuxnewmedia -dot- de and redaktion -at- linux-magazin -dot- de
Done
na presseportal
Done
Network Computing
ralf.ladner -at- networkcomputing -dot- de
Done
PC Welt
Done
Pro-Linux
Mirko Lindner info -at- pro-linux -dot- de
Done
Spiegel.de
 
Done
T3N Magazin
Done

French media

Target Contact Information Status
01net & Groupe Tests
redaction -at- 01net.fr and redaction -at- groupetests -dot- fr
Done
IT News Info
Olivier Rafal by e-mail
Done
Journal du Net
Done
L'Informaticien, magazine
contact -at- linformaticien -dot- fr
Done
PC Expert, magazine
Fernando Miguel by e-mail
Done
VNUNET (NetMediaEurope)
Philippe Guerrier by e-mail
Done
SVM, magazine
courrier -at- svmlemag -dot- fr
Done
Micro Actuel, magazine
microactuel -dot- redaction -at- futurenet -dot- fr
Done
Linux Mag France & Linux Pratique, magazines
Denis Bodor trough e-mail and lecteurs -at- linux-pratique -dot- com
Done
Toolinux
redac -at- toolinux -dot- com
Done
ZDNet.fr
Christophe Verron by e-mail
Done
TechCrunch France
techcrunch.FR -at- gmail -dot- com
Done
Presse-citron
Web-based contact form on http://www.presse-citron.net/
Done
AccessOWeb
Web-based contact form on http://www.accessoweb.com/
Done
Nowhere Else 2.0
Web-based contact form on http://www.nowhereelse.fr
Done
Le Journal du Geek
Web-based contact form on http://www.journaldugeek.com
Done
Kelblog
Pierre et Cathy by e-mail
Done
Korben
Web-based contact form on http://www.korben.info
Done
Gizmodo
for http://www.gizmodo.fr/ to fredmodo by e-mail
Done
2803
contact form at http://www.2803.fr
Done
Standblog
Tristan Nitot by e-mail
Done
Veille Perso
Olivier by e-mail
Done

Dutch media

Target Contact Information Status
Automatiseringsgids, NL
 
 
Computable, NL
 
 
Linux Magazine NL
 
 

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