From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri May 22 09:58:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA23998 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Fri, 22 May 1998 09:58:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xwin.webweaver.net (xwin.webweaver.net [208.138.29.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA23921 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 09:58:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nicole@xwin.webweaver.net) Received: (from nicole@localhost) by xwin.webweaver.net (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA13628; Fri, 22 May 1998 09:59:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nicole) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:59:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole To: Phillip Salzman Subject: RE: A website. Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id JAA23934 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 22-May-98 Phillip Salzman wisely wrote: > > In order to attract companys and other users to switch > their systems over to FreeBSD, we need someone to lead > the way. > > Something like slashdot.org, but in a more 'corporate' > manner. This would be an unofficial freebsd site, one that > bases itself off of news, tech, and interactivity with the > users of FreeBSD. A site in which people will goto to > find out about the latest happenings in the world of BSD, and > a site that focuses its attention on FreeBSD as the flagship. > > Something that promotes FreeBSD as a desktop OS and a server > one. A serious looking site that attempts to get software > makers to port their products. > > Anyone wish to help upon this task? > > (i'm not sure if I have clearly described what I am > talking about) > -- Joe Grosch has an idea for a site that he plans to put up on www.freebsd-suppor t.com. I hope to add things to this site as well. I am sure that anything you would be willing to offer would be welcome Nicole nicole@webweaver.net - http://www.webweaver.net/ webmistress@dangermouse.org - http://www.dangermouse.org/ ------------------------------------------------- -- Powered by Coka Cola and FreeBSD -- -- Stong enough for a man - But made for a Woman -- -- Microsoft: What bug would you like today? -- -- I tried an internal modem once, but it hurt when I walked -- --------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message