Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:04:37 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" <reso3w83@verizon.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The case for FreeBSD Message-ID: <200502061104.37960.reso3w83@verizon.net> In-Reply-To: <8220c29b8ffacbd574cc9c26fe18d25b@bis.midco.net> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050206132109.55669F-100000@fledge.watson.org> <8220c29b8ffacbd574cc9c26fe18d25b@bis.midco.net>
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On Sunday 06 February 2005 10:12 am, Peter Schultz wrote: > [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... > The good points about FreeBSD obscurity are: CVSUP access ftp download access If *everyone* used FreeBSD the above points would suck and I'd have to move to a different OS. -Mike
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