From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 27 16:41:11 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F02EF106564A; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:41:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vmagerya@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f178.google.com (mail-wi0-f178.google.com [209.85.212.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 521FC8FC12; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:41:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhq7 with SMTP id hq7so641528wib.13 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:41:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=+TfWfUCzmoB8qyPdbf6UiJ5tyY+bwkMpEsK/qgME24A=; b=o12Efjmjw2i1VTkSJ2dh5DhQcP3QUIQdmkdJC/Ne1xtEkg1Sdxl4qudcwIU4GImfXo oRpwbQJf8FjeoHjtwXhyhAy0DYzuTAxyG1hN4uODVrH+sS2+KuW8pXMc15oeacpSmdn0 wWjTvG4zUd7mTlz3QpaSV7kH2q5z3FX0LFSDWmBLhE1mVn44UOUlKYPYig5JuWGk5qq5 mwhoPqxieIUBJ5hokf3CD20Su9zFoI0AKptRO3+OfuqO32GGMDFfVo3yDLkVYRa5gRRv qFPh/0Df/Icc/Roa05bYwfYBLUcB4xIjpYbc0nktc2+LLtnWCvrg44VNhpu6LpJv1oWi Ee9A== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.137.97 with SMTP id x75mr7579591wei.25.1335544870092; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:41:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.114.79 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:41:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:41:09 +0300 Message-ID: From: Vitaly Magerya To: Andy Young Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:41:12 -0000 Andy Young wrote: > After using Linux for almost 15 years, I only recently started using > FreeBSD. I own an internet startup and was looking for a solution for > implementing large-scale storage servers. In my research I found ZFS and > subsequently found FreeBSD. As I learned more about it, I was incredibly > impressed. There are so many elements of FreeBSD that I love, Can you name a few? > I've > completely ditched Linux and am deploying FreeBSD exclusively on my > company's server infrastructure. It would be interesting to read about your infrastructure, the reasons why you found FreeBSD to be a better fit than what you used before, challenges during deployment and migration, any resulting performance/maintenance improvements, etc. A short article or a blog post with the above maybe? > I can't help wonder why I hadn't heard all > about it before. Sure, I knew the name, but I had never seen it in use, > either in college or in over ten years as a software developer since then. > In contrast Linux is everywhere! Even though there are so many applications > where FreeBSD seems to be a better or at least more mature solution. > > What are the current efforts to promote and educate people on FreeBSD? I'd > love to help spread the word. (Adding freebsd-advocacy@ to CC).