Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:11:48 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@ontario.mooseriver.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: O'Reilly article: Whence the Source: Untangling the Open Source/Free Software Debate Message-ID: <19990311121148.A29929@ontario.mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990311093845.00989ee0@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 09:42:13AM -0700 References: <36E77EA5.E3D6A466@softweyr.com> <36E7D8A7.A68B140E@thuntek.net> <4.1.19990311093845.00989ee0@localhost>
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On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 09:42:13AM -0700, 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? What ideas do you have? Lets hear them. If you want something done, go do it. Waiting for others do something will end up killing FreeBSD. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.1 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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