From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 17 15:35:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA05457 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:35:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from fedex.mpd.tandem.com (fedex.mpd.tandem.com [131.124.250.27]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA05439 for ; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 15:35:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from rolex.mpd.tandem.com (rolex.mpd.tandem.com [131.124.4.1]) by fedex.mpd.tandem.com (8.8.4/8.8.0) with ESMTP id RAA27225; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 17:33:54 -0600 (CST) Received: from papillon.lemis.de (greylan2.mpd.tandem.com [131.124.28.38]) by rolex.mpd.tandem.com (8.7.5/8.7.1) with ESMTP id RAA29360; Fri, 17 Jan 1997 17:34:24 -0600 (CST) From: Greg Lehey Received: (grog@localhost) by papillon.lemis.de (8.8.4/8.6.12) id MAA00593; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:30:04 -0600 (CST) Organisation: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, 36325 Feldatal, Germany Phone: +49-6637-919123 Fax: +49-6637-919122 Message-Id: <199701161830.MAA00593@papillon.lemis.de> Subject: Re: Commercial Applications?? In-Reply-To: from Snob Art Genre at "Jan 13, 97 11:55:32 pm" To: benedict@echonyc.com (Snob Art Genre) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 12:30:04 -0600 (CST) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Chat) Reply-to: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Snob Art Genre writes: > On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > >> Oh. I thought this was a good compromise between "Linux-bashing" and >> introducing as succinctly as possible what the book was all about. >> Some of the alternatives I heard were rather radical, and I didn't >> think that was appropriate. If anybody has a different suggestion >> about how to attract the attention of a half-disinterested browser in >> a bookshop, I'd appreciate it, and I know Walnut Creek would too. >> > > Most browsers will be completely disinterested; Sure, that's why I restricted the target to half-disinterested browsers. > however, you might get the attention of an *un*interested browser by > claiming to have the most extensively beat-upon networking code in > existence . . . that *is* true, isn't it? :) It's true, but how do you sum that up in a couple of buzzwords? > I think a problem is that John Q. Public doesn't know why Berkeley > is a name to trust. Sure. That's just the point I'm trying to make. Mention Linux and you're more likely to catch his attention. *Then* you can show him why FreeBSD is so much better. Greg