Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 02:50:06 +0000 From: "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show Message-ID: <980725025006.ZM781@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> "FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show" (Jul 24, 8:09pm) References: <199807250209.UAA01380@lariat.lariat.org>
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On Jul 24, 8:09pm, Brett Glass wrote: > Subject: FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show > Today, NPR's "Talk of the Nation" discussed alternative operating systems > (see http://www.npr.org/programs/totn/archives/1998/980724.totn.html for an > overview and a RealAudio archive). But while they discussed Linux and BeOS, > FreeBSD wasn't mentioned as an option. James Love (assistant to Ralph > Nader) and Nick Petreley (InfoWorld columnist) know darn well that FreeBSD > exists, but talked exclusively about Linux.... Listeners most likely got > the impression that Linux was THE only freely distributed OS. > > This sucks rocks. What's the best way to get such people to acknowledge > FreeBSD's existence? > > --Brett Glass > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message >-- End of excerpt from Brett Glass Brett, Have a look at http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1998/Jul/hour1_072498.html where FreeBSD is mentioned along with Linux. Same cast of characters as on the program that you note above. Go figure. Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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