From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 6 09:25:32 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1256516A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:25:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx0.dmpriest.net.uk (mx0.dmpriest.net.uk [62.13.128.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA15343D3F for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:25:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kpielorz@tdx.co.uk) Received: from raptor (kpielorz.dmpriest.net.uk [62.13.130.13]) by mx0.dmpriest.net.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6/Kp) with ESMTP id i06HMcW60894 for ; Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:22:38 GMT Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:25:28 +0000 From: Karl Pielorz To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: <92871984.1073409928@raptor> In-Reply-To: <79B4EAB03B5E4649A740A8C1452F606435AF1B@y6001a.umb.corp.umb.com> References: <79B4EAB03B5E4649A740A8C1452F606435AF1B@y6001a.umb.corp.umb.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.0 (Win32) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: RE: Where is FreeBSD going? X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 17:25:32 -0000 --On 06 January 2004 11:05 -0600 "Munden, Randall J" wrote: > Frankly, I'd never given thought to providing more effort. The OS > has always done it's own advocacy in my experience. I think that has long been a FreeBSD weakness. While the Linux crowd have gained a certain momentum as far as publicity etc. goes - FreeBSD, "just works". It's public image is kind of akin to it's actual spec. You install it, it runs, it does the work - it doesn't complain. Personally (and from a company point of view) we're happy with FreeBSD, where it is - how it got there, and where it's going... Amongst most people I know who use FreeBSD - they actually consider the lack of 'noise & shouting' and clutter as a bonus and value the slow - but stable approach to releases. Again these are probably things that don't do it's image to the non-user a lot of good, for all the wrong reasons :) -Karl