From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Jan 12 10:45:55 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA23743 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:45:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from traveler.uniscape.com ([207.245.48.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA23737 for ; Tue, 12 Jan 1999 10:45:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stefanos@traveler.uniscape.com) Received: by traveler.uniscape.com (NX5.67e/NX3.0M) id AA03093; Tue, 12 Jan 99 13:40:56 -0500 Message-Id: <9901121840.AA03093@traveler.uniscape.com> Content-Type: text/plain Mime-Version: 1.0 (NeXT Mail 3.3 v118.2) In-Reply-To: <369B8AFD.23822B2D@softweyr.com> X-Nextstep-Mailer: Mail 3.3 (Enhance 2.0b5) Received: by NeXT.Mailer (1.118.2) From: Kiakas Date: Tue, 12 Jan 99 13:40:55 -0500 To: Wes Peters Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: stefanos@e-scape.net 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> <369B8AFD.23822B2D@softweyr.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wes Peters wrote: > This statement serves to illustrate only that you have a profound lack Maybe I do have "a profound lack of understanding of what FreeBSD is". > 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. I have never tried to be a spokesman for this community, nor do I represent myself as such. Due to my lack of understanding, I though financial resources were important to the success of this project ("community"). I guess I was wrong. If it really is a community "who give their talents to something they believe in", why are there so many people here concerned how well Linux does? After all, even if Linux becomes a million times more accepted than FreeBSD, it doesn't matter and won't affect our community in any way. Thank you for enlightening me. Stefanos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message