Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 19:01:36 +0100 From: paul@originative.co.uk To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: RE: More of my totally ineffective PR efforts in action. :-) Message-ID: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FEC5@octopus>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Jordan K. Hubbard [mailto:jkh@zippy.cdrom.com] > Sent: 14 April 1999 18:39 > To: paul@originative.co.uk > Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: More of my totally ineffective PR efforts in action. :-) > > > > I don't think we should pigeon-hole ourselves as a server > only OS. With the > > performance of hardware these days the distinction is not > very distinct. > > I certainly don't object to the idea of making ourselves a better > desktop platform, if only because a lot of us still use FreeBSD as our > principal desktop box, but I still don't think it should be > our primary > focus. We simply don't have the resources to focus on > multiple targets > and I really, honestly, don't think there's a lot of future in the > desktop for us anyway, at least certainly not as a major > selling point. > The server is what we do best and we need to focus on our strengths if > we have any chance of carving out a solid niche for ourselves. I know that the server market is where we're targetting our main forces but we shouldn't put forward any negatives when playing "advocate". I agree we have to target our limited resources and that the server functionality is the thing to shoot for but it doesn't then follow that we should say publically that FreeBSD isn't going to cut it as anything else, which is the impression that is given when you say that we have "conceded that market to Microsoft". A lot of people don't see a clear distinction between desktop/server these days. If you've conceded the desktop to Microsoft then obviously (in their eyes) Microsoft is better for that platform. If it's better on that platform then it probably is on the server as well (is how their thinking will go). We should play to our strengths but not try and double guess our weaknesses up front in a defeatist manner. We probably outperform most other OS's on the desktop as well, the struggle is winning the PR battle not the technological one and we should be more pro FreeBSD in all respects not self-denigrate it in some circumstances. Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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