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At 04:42 PM 4/22/99 -0500, Chris Costello wrote:

>   What you've missed is that FreeBSD representatives
>in fact do *not* steer users towards Linux.  Where do
>you get this idea, anyway?

For two reasons. First, by saying that FreeBSD is positioned
as a server, they chase people who are interested in UNIX
on the client desktop to Linux.

Second, they steer DEVELOPERS who are looking to target a
UNIX platform toward Linux. Here is a direct quote from Jordan 
Hubbard:

"I urge any ISV who's just thinking of getting into the Unix market 
for the first time to consider Linux as a first porting target in order 
to get the maximum bang for the buck."

Of course, once they do, their next ports are to Solaris, then SCO, etc....
They just don't ever do FreeBSD, because FreeBSD users run their software
under emulation. 

>How many times have you actively targeted users to
>get them to use FreeBSD?

Quite a few, at least when I was doing advocacy. I was asked to stop by
Mr. Hubbard, who told me point blank -- at the LinuxWorld show, no
less -- that he did not want FreeBSD to have passionate advocacy.

--Brett Glass


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