Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 23:06:02 -0500 (EST) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.de> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Commercial Applications?? Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970117230327.13140A-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <199701161830.MAA00593@papillon.lemis.de>
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On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > 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. I was just being pedantic. > > 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? Hmm . . . "The best networking OS in the world"? > > 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. I can't argue with that, though, like the guy who started this thread, I hate that we even need to mention Linux. > Greg > Ben
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