From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Jul 24 19:50:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA25763 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 19:50:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw00.execpc.com (mailgw00.execpc.com [169.207.1.78]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA25756 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 19:50:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (narn-1-158.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.136.32]) by mailgw00.execpc.com (8.9.0) id VAA09349; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 21:50:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from fpawlak@localhost) by darkstar.connect.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) id VAA00782; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 21:50:07 -0500 (CDT) From: "Frank Pawlak" Message-Id: <980725025006.ZM781@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 02:50:06 +0000 In-Reply-To: Brett Glass "FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show" (Jul 24, 8:09pm) References: <199807250209.UAA01380@lariat.lariat.org> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (5.0.0 30July97) To: Brett Glass , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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