From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Oct 3 11:36:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA08047 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:36:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.atl.bellsouth.net (mail.atl.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA07941 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 11:35:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wghicks@bellsouth.net) Received: from remote.my.domain (root@host-209-214-69-68.atl.bellsouth.net [209.214.69.68]) by mail.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA14609 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 14:35:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.atl.bellsouth.net (wghicks@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by remote.my.domain (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA18700; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 14:34:47 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199810031834.OAA18700@remote.my.domain> To: FreeBSD advocacy list , wghicks@remote.my.domain Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 03 Oct 1998 13:34:21 +0930." <19981003133421.A2176@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 14:34:47 -0400 From: Jerry Hicks Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [snips] > We could be wrong. Question to everybody who's seen Brett's messages: > should he continue, or should he stop? If the consensus is that he > should continue, I'll shut up (that places no similar requirement on > Jordan, of course :-) [shrug] It takes all types to make the world go 'round. Linux doesn't seem to be harmed at all by overly passionate advocacy. I'll have to agree with Wes Peters. We need to convice more managers that FreeBSD is viable for helping them solve real world problems. The mainstream computing press isn't really that impressive, or unbiased. We need to seek out new venues. Personally, I am very grateful for Walnut Creek's assistance to the FreeBSD project. Almost certainly, FreeBSD would not have advanced to its current form without WC. It might be easy to criticize, but then again, try walking a mile in Jordan's shoes. It won't be easy. Perhaps we could start a contribution fund for additional marketing? Where do I send my $$$'s? Cheers, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message