From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 21 20:10:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0160016A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:10:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4440343D55 for ; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:10:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dlavigne6@sympatico.ca) Received: from [192.168.2.12] ([69.156.77.173]) by tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.netESMTP <20050221201045.KYXT1694.tomts36-srv.bellnexxia.net@[192.168.2.12]>; Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:10:45 -0500 Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:17:28 -0500 (EST) From: Dru X-X-Sender: dlavigne6@dru.domain.org To: Kevin Kinsey In-Reply-To: <421A3797.1050300@daleco.biz> Message-ID: <20050221150922.H559@dru.domain.org> References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641B03@mvaexch01.acuson.com> <128456842.20050217185105@wanadoo.fr> <2810734464.20050217192707@wanadoo.fr> <20050217123730.O79252@makeworld.com> <224383192.20050217213351@wanadoo.fr> <20050217123248.E42152@knight.ixsystems.net> <421A3797.1050300@daleco.biz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: State of Florida (WAS: some thread trolled to death...) X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:10:48 -0000 On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Matt Olander wrote: > >> FreeBSD and others make for an excellent desktop operating system once a >> few kinks >> have been worked out. My company uses it, the state of Florida uses it >> > > > Thanks for that. That was the first I'd heard about Florida. Pair > Networks I'd kind of expect. Wonderful geeks up there. > > Incidentally, my company (heh, all one and a half of us) use it on > the desktop as well. > > Now, how to get the word out? Here's an idea. Create a downloadable pdf (perhaps to also be printed out for giving away at conferences and advocacy booths) similar in concept to http://egovos.org/Book . However, this would be the "BSD Reference Book 2005" and would contain profiles and contact information for companies using and supporting any of the BSD operating systems. I'm in if there's enough interest and help available. We'd need a website where people could provide contact information for their own companies and suggest other companies they are aware of. We'd also need a core group of people to followup on leads, research new contacts and organize the material. I'd prefer a pdf that incorporated all of the BSDs and which was organized geographically. This would require getting the other advocacy lists involved, as well as all of the BUGs we could locate. Dru