From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 27 14:16:52 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C91AC106564A for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:16:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ayoung@mosaicarchive.com) Received: from mail-ob0-f182.google.com (mail-ob0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D2C58FC12 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:16:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obcni5 with SMTP id ni5so1427491obc.13 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:16:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=gIXIlk0Ek5ZBNau973BiCYSZPh2lp5hLUzp55HEMFCQ=; b=oYMxZwfxkxcEJ+UX0kO0jqoDwHRq1wAeQ9IGPvPmtUge8l2rSRB54ApbjDtGcGF/lg f28f/pdMU2ON7Hx9IzM1hz0yPKE4hdrZmFqdS4c91v8OvnHP2Xa1O8CQeVjIg8DzM0Xs wiMLdySkgHk0Hgr07x5ZpNWS8L2r0D6RuOX2w6FmHgW2dzzTCh0Uaj76E70ZJqwZt/N3 uGuKzNHYU/v/B4Rf/5Vaxtna1zwcyAr2u89qPJf4WoxmaRnjHejVLEmvMBA1mJSvolLg ed1ZzL+Q/vjTO7DhbRi+NNhCCI4vqCPpxlckFGRBg3YDUdUKgs9BEFJ95Jg8nAmIgyOK 9Stg== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.131.7 with SMTP id oi7mr14405517obb.74.1335536211684; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:16:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.182.22.106 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:16:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [173.76.237.148] Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:16:51 -0400 Message-ID: From: Andy Young To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmegsgqTRQ/NNS8qwteK6Y1lItwgoX/+TBYNXdhTjcxfj34dgz3xG5YifquLbYFJwM96Jxo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Ways to promote FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:16:53 -0000 After using Linux for almost 15 years, I only recently started using FreeBSD. I own an internet startup and was looking for a solution for implementing large-scale storage servers. In my research I found ZFS and subsequently found FreeBSD. As I learned more about it, I was incredibly impressed. There are so many elements of FreeBSD that I love, I've completely ditched Linux and am deploying FreeBSD exclusively on my company's server infrastructure. I can't help wonder why I hadn't heard all about it before. Sure, I knew the name, but I had never seen it in use, either in college or in over ten years as a software developer since then. In contrast Linux is everywhere! Even though there are so many applications where FreeBSD seems to be a better or at least more mature solution. What are the current efforts to promote and educate people on FreeBSD? I'd love to help spread the word. -- Andrew Young Mosaic Storage Systems, Inc http://www.mosaicarchive.com/ Twitter: @MosaicArchive Facebook: Mosaic