From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Jul 26 0:55:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from id-bucharest.idsrom.com (idsoft-pc.digiro.net [194.102.93.214]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 013F114C07 for ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 00:55:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rfotescu@idsrom.com) Received: by id-bucharest.idsrom.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id ; Mon, 26 Jul 1999 10:55:42 +0300 Message-ID: From: Radu-Cristian FOTESCU To: "'freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: RE: What to tell to Linux-centric people?! Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 10:55:41 +0300 Importance: high X-Priority: 1 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > The average Linux user is as un/misinformed about Unix as the average > Windows user is about DOS. They think XFree86 is a Linux > program. They > think GNOME is a Linux program. They think SAMBA is a Linux program. > They think xmms (formerlly x11amp) is a Linux program. Etc... That IS a good answer! Thx! > Sure..someone could start http://www.freebsdapps.com, but > what would that > accomplish? You'd have the same software, and you would only be > furthering the myth that "Linux software" is only for Linux, > and "FreeBSD > software" is only for FreeBSD. Well, but this way, people will *still* believe of those apps that they're Linux-only! :-( > You're right, I'll switch my servers over to > Linux right away. > > P.s. There's Linux wallpaper? Now, THAT is malicious!! The Linux penguin is all over, in all sizes, and the *BSD community isn't able to spread their own daemon! This IS a shame! Cheers, Radu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message