Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 11:15:29 -0700 (PDT) From: jeff <jeff@cc602670-a.flrtn1.occa.home.com> To: shovey@buffnet.net (Steve Hovey) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, iratus@home.com Subject: Re: Amusing: LinuxCountry site runs on FreeBSD :) Message-ID: <199906161815.LAA00647@cc602670-a.flrtn1.occa.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906161346070.15311-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> from Steve Hovey at "Jun 16, 1999 1:48:19 pm"
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Reply To: iratus@home.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1676 > > > I think people are less afraid of linux because they hear about it more, > and have more, easier ways to get their hands on it (whether actually > easier or preceived as such) > > What freebsd would need to do something similar, is someone to wrap it all > in complete idiot proofing, AND aggressively market it. > > On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, Victor Carranza wrote: > > > Hi! > > Just wanted to share this: I have read recent postings about the IMP > > web-based e-mail package. It seemed like a very interesting addition for > > my system, so I went to take a look at the http://www.horde.org/imp > > site, then entered the "IMP Sites" area and found that 3 sites are > > registered as using IMP under FreeBSD. I was surprised to find > > www.linuxcountry.com listed! Then, I further confirmed that, using the > > "queso" utility (from the ports), www.linuxcountry.com is reported as > > using "FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD". > > > > Of course, they don't credit FreeBSD anywhere in their site, but it > > seems like one more victory in the FreeBSD vs. Linux camp :) > > > > Cheers, > > > > -Victor > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Hello-I just couln't (though I probably should) resist-I came to FBSD from linux-slackware because it (FRBSD) WAS idiot proof in installation and I found the filesystem to be much cleaner and easier to work with-IMHO all FBSD needs is the aggressive marketing part-Just my 2cents worth- jeff phillips To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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