Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 19:16:08 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: "Artem Koutchine" <matrix@ipform.ru>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Information, new, propaganda:) Message-ID: <20001108.19160800@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <014801c049ac$a3717c20$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru> References: <010d01c04998$04ceeb20$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru> <001401c0499c$862d1080$0200000a@vladsempire.net> <014801c049ac$a3717c20$0c00a8c0@ipform.ru>
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[Ok, it is time I lowered my signal to noise ratio just a little] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 11/8/00, 6:50:59 PM, "Artem Koutchine" <matrix@ipform.ru> wrote regarding Re: Information, new, propaganda:): > [SNIP] [SNIP] [SNIP] > > Let me see if I am understanding the point you are trying to make. > > > > 1) www.freebsd.org doesn't contain any information about the new releases > > of freebsd that is useful to someone that is considering the move to > > freebsd. > not only that. I does not contain enough information about the current > releases, > the release politics, the philosophy of the system, the screebshots, the > attractions Well, er, ahem, I did NOT learn about FreeBSD from the freebsd site :-) Hmmm, <...recalling...> <other books/magazines/quotations snipped> I read Greg's "The Complete FreeBSD"; I thourougly examined the FreeBSD site. I found it contains excellent (as well as excellently written) documentation. I am afraid a good number of people have probably visited the site *after* reading some (more or less learned) *written* stuff. Perhaps, in this connection, a little marketing might help. Extreme case: M$ is a MS, ie rather than an operating system, it is a Marketing System... :-) FWIW, I think FreeBSD should target on advanced to professional users (ie, if I may say so, both on the workstation and server areas, with greater emphasis on the server side). Or even on power users **willing** to learn. BTW, my understanding is that the user basis has been steadily growing. <jokingly quoting> Nowadays, "progress" seems to consist in passing from dumb terminals in front of smart users to dumb users in front of smart terminals. </jokingly quoting> Best regards, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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