From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 6 19:08:41 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 1EB7B16A4CE for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 19:08:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from out011.verizon.net (out011pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C5FA43D31 for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 19:08:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from reso3w83@verizon.net) Received: from ringworm.mechee.com ([4.26.84.7]) by out011.verizon.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.06 201-253-122-130-106-20030910) with ESMTP id <20050206190839.GABC28171.out011.verizon.net@ringworm.mechee.com> for ; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:08:39 -0600 Received: by ringworm.mechee.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BC1F72CE7B6; Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:04:38 -0800 (PST) From: "Michael C. Shultz" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 References: <8220c29b8ffacbd574cc9c26fe18d25b@bis.midco.net> In-Reply-To: <8220c29b8ffacbd574cc9c26fe18d25b@bis.midco.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 11:04:37 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502061104.37960.reso3w83@verizon.net> X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH at out011.verizon.net from [4.26.84.7] at Sun, 6 Feb 2005 13:08:39 -0600 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 19:08:41 -0000 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