From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Apr 30 09:29:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA03468 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:29:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.16.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA03450 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:28:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (narn-1-80.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.134.80]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.8.8) id LAA23405; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:28:45 -0500 (CDT) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA01682; Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:28:38 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199804301628.LAA01682@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:28:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing To: dwilde1@ibm.net cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3548863F.F05D37D9@ibm.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 30 Apr, Don Wilde wrote: > Hi, Frank - > Been there, flamed that! We all get fried at both MS and Linux, just > because of their boorish, snotty attitude (and perhaps a bit because of > crappy software!). However, then we -- myself MOST DEFINITELY included > -- turn around and do the same thing. Hi Don, Yup, sometimes it pays to go out and kick a tree when something sticks in your craw the wrong way. > We have a shot at the server market, but unless we add to our appeal to > the desktop set by improving ppp and printer setup and building our own > office suite, we will remain a niche OS. That's why I take Jordan's > comments to heart about carefully approaching the Popular Science crowd > with inteesting articles, and why I want to make a Dummy's FreeBSD Demo. > --> Don > Agree, these market opportunities are what interests me. Lately there have been some installed base and growth rate numbers disclosed, which provide a base to develop some solid promo projects. I am working on some ideas and hopefully this weekend will have time to get the thoughts in order and toss them out for discession. Remaining a niche OS is the heart of the problem that we face. I remain un-persuaded that following Linux is necessarily the way to go. The work that they are doing to expand the free OS market is good for ua as far as it goes. However, with all the talent in our group, it is my belief that we have something more to offer. We must compose our own tune and say it loud and say it clear to let the computing world know who and what we are. Regards, Frank -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message