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 Contact Form 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 Contact Form 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 Contact Form 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 Contact Form Done
Networking Pipeline    
NewsForge Contact Form 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 Contact Form Done
Salon.com 22nd -at- salon -dot- com (Subject "EDITORIAL SUBMISSIONS") Done
San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal Contact Form Done
Seattle Times Contact Form Done
Silicon Valley Watcher    
Slashdot Contact Form 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 Contact Form 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 Contact Form 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 Contact Form 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 Contact Form Done
Network Computing ralf.ladner -at- networkcomputing -dot- de Done
PC Welt contact form Done
Pro-Linux Mirko Lindner info -at- pro-linux -dot- de Done
Spiegel.de   Done
T3N Magazin Contact Form 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 Contact Form 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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