From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 27 18:36:46 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BECEB1065675 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dru.lavigne@att.net) Received: from nm7-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com (nm7-vm0.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com [98.139.91.192]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 92AF38FC08 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.91.65] by nm7.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Apr 2012 18:36:46 -0000 Received: from [98.139.44.90] by tm5.bullet.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Apr 2012 18:36:46 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1027.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Apr 2012 18:36:46 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 243613.21066.bm@omp1027.access.mail.sp2.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 47542 invoked by uid 60001); 27 Apr 2012 18:36:45 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=att.net; s=s1024; t=1335551805; bh=QAtxp004JCFspTd7zEuWuUIxgAGa03ncqPXd7nkjvk0=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=4iN2b7t+ZRkUkfdvpvEhzIrIQpK/bqCp6Lp/OAVGYx9dB/HRIuDwgqZuvo46/GNu6QnG350OP+89auiFR0+b2yVnQKxStBxFf/jY3oyuoZyENhWSePM2NhpJ9q/cqL/Dw3vIICMKucWtAqBzoml/O0eNUay4SNdWNgYE0TbuTjo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=att.net; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=kVJ4B9vg+pv17T26pe1HK8Y8Ek+rRBXFuFIachDb4AjkcJcLjFW+n2Y/ahOa9HbAN6OUiROoZoJTE6OoiZHMC6LrhlD3gwxqWxkYjKGIN2hBe+AX7vrp7t5uwPHkVVm5UuoPWB4CvC6clTC5uUV7WeLdtG/9HUKJIZEHBXwhLeo=; X-YMail-OSG: xz1se7cVM1kWZWRztwCCpOJuo6szhX.RNAiiyGCRvQjpZUd OMD1mEg6CJbePWwWLcdM33ILrjD5sfZK3B8yHs6VF.SxuChwIWv74y921zrm rVugEIooTFfvtHcbx3KWbl9W2tDmQHhgHsHmDrxSgubaU6ocXaSyaADYExUQ Hy9O.sRfDVNAAVG0gcQbSvJSYH1brj3ISjSdZuZuk6kej1_CDTN8hKQsOP0g fnJ0zkLLbeU8QjE2tUVAbetP2Sgv5YlkwtT7_MhueBeydPA_7x2.h1dD5v8R CBRLQIjEal.9oRq4gODZ.2.ugh_kDeuLFSIDo6R6NfrUcJBsRz_BC4IGNhF7 o6z1b6U4mr1D2KptVryPZsB9i8zB6_CMv.D0L7B_ICKck3QQIUcaN9XQIZx3 QhLyJ8X8teZSTq11Pwd8etHTOvT3P00Yxj6RNuq6s6kgbSPX0oLq1p8GH.y_ BqYvZvZBV2p7As4EMFdxz3Fkv.gcSBJeR7df0HJAY7oVVImM- Received: from [99.98.82.135] by web181207.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:36:45 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/15.0.4 YahooMailWebService/0.8.117.340979 Message-ID: <1335551805.27428.YahooMailClassic@web181207.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:36:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Dru Lavigne To: Andy Young , Vitaly Magerya In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:36:46 -0000 > Andy Young > wrote: > > After using Linux for almost 15 years, I only recently > started using > > FreeBSD. I own an internet startup and was looking for > a solution for > > implementing large-scale storage servers. In my > research I found ZFS and > > subsequently found FreeBSD. As I learned more about it, > I was incredibly > > impressed. There are so many elements of FreeBSD that I > love, > > Can you name a few? > > > I've > > completely ditched Linux and am deploying FreeBSD > exclusively on my > > company's server infrastructure. > > It would be interesting to read about your infrastructure, > the reasons > why you found FreeBSD to be a better fit than what you used > before, > challenges during deployment and migration, any resulting > performance/maintenance improvements, etc. > > A short article or a blog post with the above maybe? The FreeBSD Foundation is always looking for testimonials from companies which use FreeBSD. A testimonial should include: - Why you use FreeBSD - How you have benefited - Why the reader (of this testimonial) should donate money to the foundation or contribute to the Project. It should be written by someone high up in the company, like a Director or VP. You can find examples at: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/testimonials.shtml And, you'll notice we include a link to the company next to the author's name. Testimonials can be sent directly to the Foundation at board@freebsdfoundation.org or to myself (I'm on the Foundation Board). > > I can't help wonder why I hadn't heard all > > about it before. Sure, I knew the name, but I had never > seen it in use, > > either in college or in over ten years as a software > developer since then. > > In contrast Linux is everywhere! Even though there are > so many applications > > where FreeBSD seems to be a better or at least more > mature solution. > > > > What are the current efforts to promote and educate > people on FreeBSD? I'd > > love to help spread the word. Writing an article for BSD Magazine is a good place to start: http://bsdmag.org/become-an-author Going further afield, write articles, reviews, or give interviews, etc. for places like distrowatch, hacker public radio, or other places that tech people hang out. If a tech place where you hang out doesn't have anything FreeBSD related, submit something. Give a presentation at a local user group or answer the call for papers at a technical conference. If you do something advocacy related, post the URL here or send it to myself so it can go on the @bsdevents twitter feed. Be creative, do something, and tell people what you did :-) Cheers, Dru