Date: Fri, 02 Apr 1999 05:22:28 -0700 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Michael Doyle <relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Advocacy Message-ID: <3704B684.9C55D77A@thuntek.net> References: <11742.923052372@zippy.cdrom.com>
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I agree that CD#1 is stand-alone enough, Jordan, but it's not demo material by any means. I can't see asking anybody to do even a two-hour minimal install to "look at" a system, especially just to get a command prompt on the screen. Technical evaluators and MIS people, yes, but that's not what Joe LinWin is going to want to see. A demo disk's purpose is to _entertain_ people. Boot from the CD, build a little temporary filesystem within FAT32 or RAM, bring up VGA or SVGA X, and start the show. This is the kind of thing we need to be putting out there on the covers of pulp magazines. Putting a full-on install disk on a consumer PC mag will not have the same effect, even though you're giving away more. We need to plant a hook with "Wow! I want that!" -- Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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