Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 12:13:49 -0600 (CST)
From: Jason Haas <jhaas@www.linuxppc.org>
To: jhaas@linuxppc.org
Subject: LinuxPPC celebrates the arrival of Mac OS X with giveaway contest

LinuxPPC celebrates the arrival of Mac OS X with giveaway contest

Ten contest winners will get a free copy of LinuxPPC 2000 Q4 and LinuxPPC
t-shirts.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

LinuxPPC is doing something special to celebrate the release of Apple Mac
OS X: they're giving away copies of the LinuxPPC operating system.

LinuxPPC is staging a contest in which ten lucky people will receive a
free copy of LinuxPPC 2000 Q4, the company's latest version of Linux for
the Power Macintosh platform. They will also receive a copy of FWB Hard
Disk Toolkit*PE, which is capable of repartitioning a hard disk without
erasing it, and a LinuxPPC t-shirt.

The contest is simple. To enter it, write a brief essay on why you use
Linux on the PowerPC processor. There are no requirements as to the length
of the essay. Ten winners will be selected over ten days from essays
submitted through the contest web page. The contest runs from March 26,
2001 to April 6, 2001.

To enter the contest, go to http://linuxppc.org/contest. There is a form
on that page which you can use to enter your essay. No purchase is
necessary to enter or win the contest.

Winners will be notified by e-mail and announced on the linuxppc.org and
linuxppc.com web sites. The winning essays will be made available through
the web sites as well.

About LinuxPPC 

Founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, LinuxPPC is
a recognized innovator and leader in the development of Linux for PowerPC
computers. It is in the process of becoming a non-profit organization.

LinuxPPC promotes the development of Linux on the PowerPC processor
through developer sponsorship and major hardware donations to Linux
developer, and develops Netscape Communicator for Linux on PowerPC. Other
innovations include bootable CD-ROMs and Linux's first graphical
installer.

Contact Information: 

LinuxPPC Inc.

Phone: 1-414-353-4913
Web: http://www.linuxppc.org