Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 10:17:54 +0100 From: Stuart Henderson <stuart@internationalschool.co.uk> To: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux publicity Message-ID: <35C03A42.292D1F3D@internationalschool.co.uk> References: <199807292109.RAA10511@server.computeralt.com>
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[cc's trimmed] Scott I. Remick wrote: > ---------------<snip>------------- > > Linux is getting a TON of front-page publicity and support lately. And > so... where's FreeBSD in all this? quietly and happily running most of these new Linux binaries that keep on appearing better than Linux does :-) > Linux is getting a TON of front-page publicity and support lately. Linux users are generally rather good at advocacy, and are helped by the fact that their OS isn't compatible with binaries from other OS so people have to produce a version for Linux - less important with FreeBSD so the name won't even make it into press releases half the time. > I think FreeBSD's PR team needs to send some emails, make some calls, and > start kicking some major butt ;) PR team? :) satisfied users, more like... It will be interesting to see what happens in a few months when everyone that's been given a 2.2.6 CD has had a chance to look around and see for themselves. Stuart To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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