Re: Re: NetBeans Press Center

Hi John and Alexis,

First let me start by saying I really like both of your blogs and always 
love to read peoples opinions.

Our press section is just news around the industry and I agree with you 
that it would make sense to
list these separately apart from NetBeans Press and Industry Press. This 
is a very sound request.

I definitely do not want to see you lose readers or be seen as marketing 
blogs. I tried to make sure
that the weblog status was noted however we do not want to create confusion.

I have removed them from our press section (changes will go live next 
publishing cycle) until we can
get a blog section setup. This really makes sense as the popularity of 
both NetBeans and blogging
continues to grow. I also believe this is a good way to promote our 
community members views in
a more organized manner.

I would like to thank both of you for your independent views and 
reassure you that we will not
publish another blog under our Press section which could be misleading.

Thanks for the feedback!

- Rob



John Clingan wrote:

>Putting me in the category of "press" is like a slap in the face. I rag
>on the media all the time :)
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>All humor aside, a blog section does make sense. I don't want any
>readers to confuse alexis and I with press reviews. Also, we may lose
>some readers if they portray our blogs as marketing. They come to us to
>read because we are developers, not marketing.
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>Thanks for noticing and bringing this up, alexis.
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>On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 08:48, Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine wrote:
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>>Hi there,
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>>While I'm happy to blog on NetBeans, and while we all know
>>blogs can be marketing-driven, I'm not sure I want to be listed
>>on http://www.netbeans.org/about/press/ as part of an official
>>"NetBeans press releases".
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>>Can you guys have a "blog" section instead?
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>>Having said that, feel free to send me stuff you would like
>>to see in a blog on NetBeans.
>>
>>thanks!
>>-Alexis
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