Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 13:12:35 -0800 From: Don Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Linux PR firestorm disaster (w.r.t. FreeBSD) Message-ID: <36DB02C3.4E77AF6B@thuntek.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903012030290.1844-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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Konrad Heuer wrote: > > Shame on me - I didn't read this thread of discussion completely. I hope, > I don't state anything which has already been discussed. > > I'm convinced the FreeBSD is superior to Linux if we discuss > technical questions. But the world isn't really interested in. The success > of the Microsoft systems does illustrate it. > Nevertheless, if we discuss technical issues in userland English (or German... ;-) , we can get the point across. What we need to do most of all is to attract more commercial / non-commercial developers to the BSD-licensed Open Source model. Sites like Forrest Cavalier's http://www.mibsoftware.com/reuse are a real jump forward in this direction. I wrote an article for InfoWorld on this, but I haven't heard back from them yet. > The main of advantage of Linux is its ongoing success in the commercial > scene because people deciding for Linux feel calmed by the existence of > RedHat or Caldera. For them Linux is now more reliable, it's nearly like a > commercial operating system. > > We don't want that for FreeBSD. But in the long term one or two or three > Linux distributions will even go more commercial and will win the race. > FreeBSD will stay a free operating system (I hope so) and will get only a > small part of the market. That's what I expect. > Jordan hopes to prove you wrong... without going explicitly 'commercial'... > Nevertheless, let's try to make FreeBSD more popular day by day! :-) > hear, hear! :-D > Regards > > // > // Konrad Heuer -- oooOOO O O O o * * * * * * o ___ _________ _________ _________ ___==__ V_=_=_DW ===--- Don Wilde dwilde1@thuntek.net [ = = ] /oo0000oo-oo--oo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-oo---oo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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