From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 23 11:42:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.smed.com (smtp.smed.com [12.20.51.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4781737C3CB; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 11:42:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Joe.Warner@smed.com) Received: from smtpgate.shrmed.com (keymaster.smed.com [12.20.51.2]) by smtp.smed.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 541BC161F1; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:42:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from iesa14.shrmed.com (iesa14.shrmed.com [10.1.99.114]) by smtpgate.shrmed.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA26044; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:42:29 -0400 From: Joe.Warner@smed.com Received: from Deimos.smed.com (unverified) by iesa14.shrmed.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with SMTP id ; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:42:21 -0400 Received: by Deimos.smed.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.5 (863.2 5-20-1999)) id 85256907.0066B64C ; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 14:41:53 -0400 X-Lotus-FromDomain: SMS To: Joe.Warner@smed.com Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-Id: <85256907.0066B5C8.00@Deimos.smed.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:43:26 -0600 Subject: Thanks in advance!!!! MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Since sending the email below out this morning, I've already gotten so many excellent responses that I'm unable to respond to all of you individually. I'm sure that I'm going to receive quite a few more before I make it home tonight. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all in advance for the quick responses and huge amount of excellent information you all have supplied me with. You've suceeded in helping me and my co-workers better understand FreeBSD and the philosophy behind the Open Source Movement. This also puts me in a better position in my quest of introducing new, different and innovative technology to my co-workers, friends and the company I work for. You all are great!! 8^} Thanks again! Joe |--------+-----------------------> | | Joe.Warner@sm| | | ed.com | | | | | | 06/23/00 | | | 09:28 AM | | | | |--------+-----------------------> >--------------------------------------------------------| | | | To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, | | freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG | | cc: (bcc: Joe Warner/SMS) | | Subject: Some questions re: FreeBSD | >--------------------------------------------------------| I hope I'm sending this to the correct mailing lists. Please forgive me if I am not. I have a couple of questions regarding FreeBSD that I hope someone will help me address. After recently installing FreeBSD on a Compaq Deskpro 2000 at work and setting it up with various applications and servers, Apache and FTP to name a couple, I've had the opportunity to demonstrate to others that I work with a small portion of the vast amount of things this powerful operating system can do. The response has been tremendous and also, a little overwhelming. Most of my co-workers think it's awesome. They couldn't believe all the functionality built into FreeBSD and the huge number of applications that come with the CD ROM set. They also were surprised to learn that you can download the OS and most of the applications for free. Here's where I'm having some trouble --- Some of the most frequent questions I'm getting are: "If you can do all this with FreeBSD and get everything for free, why isn't everybody using it?" Another one is: "This is an excellent OS but if people can get it for free, how do the people that produce it make any money?" or.."How can they produce such an excellent product and support it without any profits?" I'm having trouble addressing these questions because my understanding of the current Open Source Movement is a bit limited and the topic seems fairly complex to me. I would be so grateful if someone could help me provide some good answers to these questions or point me to a related site? Thanks. Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message