Opening Red Hat Magazine

[Bhardwaj, Aadarsh]

It is really a great idea, I would suggest that if we could start Fedora
Magazine

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:36 AM, Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) <
bochecha at fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> >> If we decided to open up Red Hat Magazine, so that members of the Fedora
> >> community were part of the editorial board, responsible for identifying
> >> and
> >> producing great Fedora content for a broad audience, and using the Red
> >> Hat
> >> Magazine voice directly -- would that be of interest to people here?
> >>
> >> I'm talking about running RHM completely transparently.  Open editorial
> >> meetings, an open publication calendar, etc., etc.  Would you be
> >> interested
> >> in participating in such a project?
> >
> > My main worry is brand marketing. When I think of Red Hat Magazine, I
> > expect items/content written/produced for the Red Hat products: RHEL,
> > RHN, RHCE, RH-DS, RH-IPA, etc. [Even though that has not been the
> > general trend of the magazine.] I don't think Fedora as at least in my
> > brain I keep them as separate entities. A Fedora Magazine I would
> > expect items on Fedora Linux, Spacewalk, FreeIPA, Fedora-DS, Dogtags,
> > etc..
> >
> > Does that make sense to others? What would be the end product and what
> > 'marketing brand' would it mostly embracing?
>
> Definitely.
>
> I'd rather see a Fedora Magazine too. It can use the same infrastructure,
> but make it as independant as possible to the eyes of readers (ie: not a
> *.redhat.com URL, Fedora look and feel, ...).
>
> We should try to separate the two brands. Of course RedHat is liable for
> Fedora, but if we use the RHM, we'll be seen as a RedHat product (which we
> don't want right ?).
>
> The recent "incident" already hurt the independance of the Fedora
> Community. Let's not perpetuate this situation.
>
> Regards,
>
>
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>
> Mathieu Bridon (bochecha)
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Aadarsh B
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