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Date:      Wed, 5 Sep 2001 01:38:49 -0700
From:      "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>
To:        "Kory Hamzeh" <kory@avatar.com>, "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Contributing to FreeBSD (was: userland firewall ?)
Message-ID:  <005901c135e6$2f979ce0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com>
In-Reply-To: <006401c1357a$c782b9c0$14ce21c7@avatar.com>

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
>[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kory Hamzeh
>Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 12:50 PM
>
>I must admit, though, that Linux is a little bit easier (friendlier) to
>install for the non-unix hackers. That may have a lot do to with it. Maybe
>we, the FBSD community, can learn a little from that.
>

That is a catch-22.  If more people used FreeBSD then there
would be more developers some of which would be writing pretty front ends.

If your going to blame the market share on the lack of a pretty installer then
your setting up a circular logic argument, which by definition is invalid.
While there's no question that the lack of a pretty installer drives some
people away, neither is there proof that it is a major factor.  There are
reasons, like the AT&T thing, that aren't circular.  (although they are
certainly irrelevant now)


Ted Mittelstaedt                                       tedm@toybox.placo.com
Author of:                           The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
Book website:                          http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com




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