From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Apr 10 05:38:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA28053 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 05:38:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA27944 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 05:38:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA05523; Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:38:20 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980410223816.65012@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:38:17 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Jamie Bowden Cc: "John S. Dyson" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" References: <199804092221.RAA02226@dyson.iquest.net> <199804101218.IAA09779@gatekeeper.itribe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199804101218.IAA09779@gatekeeper.itribe.net>; from Jamie Bowden on Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 08:20:09AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 08:20:09AM -0400, Jamie Bowden wrote: > > redirected to -chat > > On Thu, 9 Apr 1998, John S. Dyson wrote: > > > The problem with FreeBSD, is that people working on FreeBSD are generally > > older, and find evangelism to be painful. Not all. Look around, you might be surprised what energy some people have who need only a clear direction and permission to follow it. > > Also, people using FreeBSD > > are busy using it, as opposed to worshipping it. Some find the latter much easier than the former. > > How do we (really) deal with this? > > You need a publicist. And something to keep the frustrated evangelists involved before they start looking for more responsive objects of worship. A publicist could help there too. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message