Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 07:24:56 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Michael Lankton <mlankton@home.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Drew Derbyshire <software@kew.com> Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. Message-ID: <XFMail.990111072456.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <9901102315.AA270031@hell>
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On 10-Jan-99 Michael Lankton wrote: > Drew Derbyshire <software@kew.com> wrote: >> I don't think too many would mind if Linux wiped FreeBSD from the face >> of the earth on pure technical merits, but would be a real pity if >> FreeBSD died because no one answered the phone. > > Conversely, I don't think FreeBSD needs the baggage that being a buzzword > os carries with it, although I'm sure many of you would argue that the > exposure would do more good than harm. Can ye say Linux and commercialism in one word, I betcha ye can... (Unfortunately)... Hmm sounding like a communist now... Poing being is that Linux ain't that different from Windows any more by now, sure ye get the source, but I meant the whole hype around it. Be different, use Linux (along with the X million others ;) It's always possible to do too much PR. Marketing can be healthy in the right doses. Too much can kill... --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven A veil of smoke is what I am, asmodai(at)wxs.nl I wait and I wait... Network/Security Specialist <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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