From: Michael Naughton <michnaugh1(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Self-Introduction: Mike Naughton
To: fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com
Date: Thursday, 26 February, 2009, 11:38 PM
Hi all:
My name is Mike Naughton. I'm a criminal defense
attorney (associate at James C. Thomas, P.C.) from Detroit,
Michigan, U.S.A. I first tried Linux when I installed
Fedora Core 3. I am running Fedora 10 x64 and it feels very
sharp and responsive.
As far as how I can contribute, in my role as a criminal
defense attorney I have a lot of experience with advocacy,
community outreach and working with media. In fact, I have
been involved in cases in the Detroit area that garnered
national and local media attention. My participation
required working with attorneys around the country and media
outlets. If you google my name you will see Michigan
Supreme Court and Michigan Court of Appeals briefs I wrote
over the summer and for what case.
I think Fedora and Red Hat have really done a terrific job
of creating a more vibrant community and putting together
some really nice resources online (
fedoraproject.org,
fedoraforum.org,
fedorafaq.org, etc.). I would like to be
more involved in this community. I believe that, for better
or worse, the economy and Vista have really created an
opportunity for people to discover Fedora and be very
pleasantly surprised.
I would really like to get more involved in marketing
Fedora, especially to professionals like myself who are
solo-practitioners or small business owners. Fedora really
provides all the tools necessary for a person to build a
business right out of the box. In fact, I have been using
Linux in my practice. I use
Openoffice.org to prepare
correspondence, motions, orders and other forms of legal
writing. I use Thunderbird with the Lightning plugin to
keep track of my calendar. I listen to music with
Rhythmbox, mount NTFS drives, play games (World of Goo is
really incredible and a great example of the traction Linux
is starting to gain) and run the occasional Windows app in
Crossover Office.
Admittedly, I would like to see more billable programs for
Linux. I have tried Gnu Cash but I find it a bit cumbersome
for simple time tracking and invoicing. Additionally (like
a lot of other people), I'd like to able to use Adobe
programs in Linux. Obviously this is not a Fedora gripe but
an Adobe one. I am confident that as Linux desktop adoption
grows, Adobe will reach out to this market and provide
products. It already has with Flash and Acrobat. I am also
a part-time web developer and use Flash, Dreamweaver,
Photoshop and Illustrator. It would be nice to not have to
boot into OS X use these tools.
Thanks for reading. I am really excited about joining the
marketing team and making some contributions to the
community.
--Mike
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Hello sir,
Welcome to Fedora community. It has been a good experience reading your Fedora account.
Glad that you liked Fedora.
Regards,
Gaurav Prabhu
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