From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Mar 11 11: 5: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from stcgate.statcan.ca (stcgate.statcan.ca [142.206.192.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 363B115049 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 11:05:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Mike.Jeays@statcan.ca) Received: from stcinet (stcinet.statcan.ca [142.206.128.146]) by stcgate.statcan.ca (8.9.1/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA28481; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:11:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from statcan.ca by statcan.ca (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id OAA23048; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:04:53 -0500; sender Mike.Jeays@a.statcan.ca Received: from bora2.statcan.ca (bora2.statcan.ca [142.206.248.251]) by smtpshb.statcan.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA28366; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:07:53 -0500 Received: from smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca by bora2.statcan.ca (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id IAA04024; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 08:31:00 -0500 ; sender Mike.Jeays@a.statcan.ca Received: from smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca (smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca [142.205.132.248]) by smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA27287; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:26:33 -0500 Received: from imap1a.statcan.ca (imap1a.statcan.ca [142.205.234.34]) by smtpsha.iusd.statcan.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA27209; Thu, 11 Mar 1999 14:25:52 -0500 X-Internal-ID: 36E157B9000063EC Received: from a.statcan.ca (142.205.168.21) by imap1a.statcan.ca (NPlex 2.0.112); Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:18:44 -0500 Message-ID: <36E80A17.863AF454@a.statcan.ca> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:23:19 -0500 From: Mike Jeays Organization: Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brett Glass Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: O'Reilly article: Whence the Source: Untangling the Open Source/Free Software Debate References: <36E77EA5.E3D6A466@softweyr.com> <4.1.19990311093845.00989ee0@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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