From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Apr 17 07:50:25 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA05232 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 07:50:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA05221 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 07:50:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA12848; Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:50:04 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 1997 08:50:04 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199704171450.IAA12848@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: jbryant@tfs.net, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: On Holy Wars, and a Plea for Peace [sorry Danny, wherever you are, but the title fits]... In-Reply-To: <4626.861257826@time.cdrom.com> References: <199704170533.AAA15351@argus> <4626.861257826@time.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.26 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > what do they do with them? i have yet to see a store carrying > > FreeBSD... > > I don't know where you live, but they can be found at both Fry's and > "Weird Stuff" - two popular Bay Area computer outlets. I'll have to chime in here and say that *few* places carry FreeBSD, as compared to Linux. Most 'normal' (non-technical) bookstores carry Linux, but *none* carry FreeBSD. Heck, I can buy a Linux book here in Montana. > > at least go back and read last night's list... and you must admit... > > i am right about the exposure/distribution factor, maybe walnut creek > > needs to get some distributors serious about getting the disks out on > > the shelves... > > They are serious and they are trying, but Rome wasn't built in a day This is my take. I have felt that FreeBSD has been the 'turtle' of the free OS market. Slowly but surely it's been gaining exposure *and* market share in spite of the prescense of other solutions. We are better off today than we were two years ago in spite of the fact that it *could* have become irrelevant. I would like to see it on more bookshelves, but if it doesn't happen I'll assume Jordan has some grand scheme for why it's not there, because up till now it's been working. :) :) Nate