Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:23:19 -0500 From: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@statcan.ca> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O'Reilly article: Whence the Source: Untangling the Open Source/Free Software Debate Message-ID: <36E80A17.863AF454@a.statcan.ca> References: <36E77EA5.E3D6A466@softweyr.com> <4.1.19990311093845.00989ee0@localhost>
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Brett Glass wrote: > > O'Reilly is unabashed and open about its commercial nature. They > do what they think will sell, period. That's why, for example, they did > a very administrator-friendly Web server for Windows but not for UNIX. > They're pushing Linux because this is what they believe will sell. > > Only if FreeBSD is properly marketed will it achieve a significant > profile. I'd be delighted to start a marketing team. But will I > get support from Walnut Creek and TPTB? > > --Brett Glass > At least they seem to tell it the way they see it. My organization is switching to Outlook, and me waving around a copy of "Outlook Annoyances" (377 pages, ISBN 1-56592-384-7) is not making me many friends in some quarters. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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