Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 20:25:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, David Shanes <dshanes@personalogic.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410202359.267U-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980410210926.16034A-100000@orion.webspan.net>
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On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Open Systems Networking wrote: You guys have been asked several times to take it to -chat. Are people going to be forced to extremes to get a little courtesy? > On Sat, 11 Apr 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > > > Does anybody out there care? What I see is that they will get the > > impression "these free UNIXes attract a strange, aggressive kind of > > person, each saying \"My UNIX is better than your UNIX\"". > > I think some do. The idea was not to start a pissing match with linux or > NT. It was simply to point out the fact that FreeBSD works harder than > other OS's based on actual, verifiable, servers. And I think as previously > mentioned we have to pick our target audience. Which someone suggests > should be corporate america. And I agree with that. We cannot take the > desktop if someone donated 20 trillion dollars to FreeBSD Inc. tommorow :) > But we can take server markets, and alot of non-desktop markets. We just > need to focus and pick and choose our fights. And we NEED PR. We need to > start being visable. More so than we have up to now. Thats my thinking > anyway. We are gaining no ground. We need to change this and I think a PR > offensive is our best choice right now. It certainly cant do any worse > than our invisible image now :) > > Chris > > > -- > "I am closed minded. It keeps the rain out." > > ===================================| Open Systems Networking And Consulting. > FreeBSD 2.2.6 is available now! | Phone: 316-326-6800 > -----------------------------------| 1402 N. Washington, Wellington, KS-67152 > FreeBSD: The power to serve! | E-Mail: opsys@open-systems.net > http://www.freebsd.org | Consulting-Network Engineering-Security > ===================================| http://open-systems.net > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: 2.6.2 > > mQENAzPemUsAAAEH/06iF0BU8pMtdLJrxp/lLk3vg9QJCHajsd25gYtR8X1Px1Te > gWU0C4EwMh4seDIgK9bzFmjjlZOEgS9zEgia28xDgeluQjuuMyUFJ58MzRlC2ONC > foYIZsFyIqdjEOCBdfhH5bmgB5/+L5bjDK6lNdqD8OAhtC4Xnc1UxAKq3oUgVD/Z > d5UJXU2xm+f08WwGZIUcbGcaonRC/6Z/5o8YpLVBpcFeLtKW5WwGhEMxl9WDZ3Kb > NZH6bx15WiB2Q/gZQib3ZXhe1xEgRP+p6BnvF364I/To9kMduHpJKU97PH3dU7Mv > CXk2NG3rtOgLTEwLyvtBPqLnbx35E0JnZc0k5YkABRO0JU9wZW4gU3lzdGVtcyA8 > b3BzeXNAb3Blbi1zeXN0ZW1zLm5ldD4= > =BBjp > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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