From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 18:12:37 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD91F16A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 18:12:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from avout3.midco.net (avout3.midco.net [24.220.0.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9426943D41 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 18:12:36 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pmes@bis.midco.net) Received: (qmail 2589 invoked by uid 1009); 6 Feb 2005 18:12:36 -0000 Received: from pmes@bis.midco.net by avout3 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (f-prot: 4.4.2/3.14.11. Clear:RC:1(24.220.214.66):. Processed in 0.010731 secs); 06 Feb 2005 18:12:36 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: pmes@bis.midco.net via avout3 X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.22 (Clear:RC:1(24.220.214.66):. Processed in 0.010731 secs) Received: from host-66-214-220-24.midco.net (HELO [10.0.0.3]) ([24.220.214.66]) (envelope-sender ) by avout3.midco.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 6 Feb 2005 18:12:36 -0000 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <8220c29b8ffacbd574cc9c26fe18d25b@bis.midco.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Peter Schultz Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:12:35 -0600 To: Robert Watson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Scott Long Subject: Re: The case for FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 18:12:37 -0000 [SNIP] > We should do a better PR job [SNIP] When I saw how much money the FreeBSD foundation has, I just about fell out of my chair. Word of mouth works great, I'm always talking about FreeBSD like I'm sure many here do, but it just is not enough. I'm no advertising guru so I don't know which angle would be most beneficial, but I'd say a basic introduction about the significance of BSD would go a long way towards attracting both users and developers. The thing about FreeBSD is that once an administrator has set it up, there's no need for anyone to think about it. If something goes wrong, more than likely there's hardware trouble, and once that's fixed BSD holds it all together again. Since it's superbowl sunday, take Joe Montana for instance. If he would have just played football for fun, he still would have been the same person with the strength and mind of a superstar, but nobody outside of his circle would know anything about him. However, since he was willing to put himself out there, even people who've never touched a football know who he is. Certainly I'm making this sound way too simplistic, but I think a well organized ad campaign would put FreeBSD out in the spotlight, and at the very least make an interesting and challenging project. Pete...