Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 22:44:07 PDT From: "Some Person" <ntvsunix@hotmail.com> To: hamellr@aracnet.com Cc: jswarner@uswest.net, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD at work Message-ID: <20000619054407.61134.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Very well said! I much appreciate that and I certainly will do like you said; I was considering trying that approche too. ps: windows 3000 SP17 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That was sooo good man! > > Any suggestions on how I can actually give them a better idea what it >can > > really do and maybe the chance to atleast give it a try. After all, it's > > 100% free!!! This could save my company, as well as our clients lots of > > money!!! Ahhh, drives me nuts thinking of it... > > Yeah, First bring in a machine from home if you can loaded with >FreeBSD first. Load X-Windows, Star Office or Applix and make it look >flashy so that people ask what it is. Once they're aware of it, load Samba >on it and start mapping Windows drives to it. Keep all your inportant >files on it. 'Oh, just a sec, let me go get it off my FreeBSD machine.' >Show people what you've done with it. You'll get a few others interested >in it and together you can slowly get familiar enough with it that someday >someone senior enough can say. 'Well, lets save you $XXXXX amount by using >FreeBSD instead of Windows 3000 Service Pack 17' :) > > > Rick > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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