Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 13:48:02 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: "Brian McGroarty" <BMCGROARTY@high-voltage.com> Cc: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com>, "freebsd-advocacy" <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Marketing FreeBSD / FreeBSD as a pr Message-ID: <1080.933972482@localhost> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Aug 1999 13:08:00 MDT." <7E67D2FFB44AD31186D40008C7333C82@high-voltage.com>
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> What I'm reacting to is that the silly cartoon character makes the packaging > look like Reader Rabbit, not a mature operating system product. Discounting > those already familiar with FreeBSD, if the intent is to sell this OS to > parents and Barney fans, nobody needs to change a thing about the artwork. I think that there are already so many more obvious and clearly detrimental shortcomings in FreeBSD's advocacy (lack of books, magazines, trade shows and other press coverage) that anyone looking at the mascot as an "issue" is a) barking up the wrong tree and b) focusing their time and energy in the wrong direction. In other words, if you want to make a clear and honest difference then put your energy and words behind the real problems. If you just want to waste time and give yourself a false sense of achievement by tackling some proxy issue, then worry about the mascot. Frankly, I don't think we have the time and energy to waste on that kind of sillyness though. If you actually care about FreeBSD's image and want to do something honestly productive, write a book or a magazine article. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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