From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 12 9:56:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E8DA14D97 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:56:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA29390; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:55:03 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991112105353.045a9cc0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:55:15 -0700 To: Joseph Scott , "Igor B. Bykhalo" From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: China loves Linux? Cc: "-chat@FreeBSD" In-Reply-To: <382C4755.2A6B649B@owp.csus.edu> References: <01bf2cf4$81bdb880$0000e9c1@serv2.binep.ac.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 04:59 PM 11/12/1999 +0000, Joseph Scott wrote: > I think it's much easier for FreeBSD to show >what a makes it a neat OS when you are talking to people who are already >familiar with unix in general. But it's harder to get them to convert, since what they're using is ALREADY very much like FreeBSD. The advantages of switching are much smaller than for, say, an NT user. Best to get them using FreeBSD from the outset. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message