Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:48:45 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: stefanos@e-scape.net Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. Message-ID: <369B8AFD.23822B2D@softweyr.com> References: <3.0.5.32.19990110013242.0094db10@mail.frmt1.sfba.home.com> <9901111956.AA02634@traveler.uniscape.com> <369ADC7A.96FB883B@softweyr.com> <9901121715.AA02978@traveler.uniscape.com>
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Kiakas wrote:
>
> You wrote:
> > I've got a better idea. Let's look at this from the point of view
> > that it has been discussed over and over again before, long before
> > you crowd of newbies ever flocked in here, and
> >
> > WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET RID OF THE DAEMON!
>
> I wasn't around back then, so stop yelling!
Precisely my point. You weren't around back then, so someone needs
to yell it loud enough it'll sink in.
> Everything changes the source code, the algorithms, the ports
> collection, etc. Why? How about marketing? What is so sacred about the
> marketing material that it cannot change? Should we not try and improve
> everything about FreeBSD? Should we just worry about the technical
> aspects, and then wonder why FreeBSD is not getting the recognition it
> deserves.
>
> Just like the code and technical aspects of FreeBSD are
> upgraded, so should the marketing material. Atter all, excelence is not
> being perfect at only fifty percent of a task.
This statement serves to illustrate only that you have a profound lack
of understanding of what FreeBSD is. It is not just an operating
system, or even just a "project." It is a community, and a part of
an even larger BSD community of people who give their time and talents for
something they believe in. The Daemon isn't just "marketing material,"
he's a mascot, an essential piece of what BSD is about. Until you
understand this, you will NOT make a good spokesman for this community.
--
Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061
Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com
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