Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:41:09 +0300 From: Vitaly Magerya <vmagerya@gmail.com> To: Andy Young <ayoung@mosaicarchive.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? Message-ID: <CAL409KwwPKNs5ro-mRnW_ETS-JS4LZTy1pjd3LRMCuQ=Eb1jMA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHMRaQf=M0ULOH=KnqzOXvczSM0Lb6apCoQkJegqyU3e8%2BgShA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHMRaQf=M0ULOH=KnqzOXvczSM0Lb6apCoQkJegqyU3e8%2BgShA@mail.gmail.com>
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Andy Young <ayoung@mosaicarchive.com> wrote: > 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, Can you name a few? > I've > completely ditched Linux and am deploying FreeBSD exclusively on my > company's server infrastructure. It would be interesting to read about your infrastructure, the reasons why you found FreeBSD to be a better fit than what you used before, challenges during deployment and migration, any resulting performance/maintenance improvements, etc. A short article or a blog post with the above maybe? > 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. (Adding freebsd-advocacy@ to CC).
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