Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 17:50:12 -0400 (EDT) From: James Howard <howardjp@wam.umd.edu> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com>, Brian McGroarty <BMCGROARTY@high-voltage.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Marketing FreeBSD / FreeBSD as a product Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9908061748090.10360-100000@rac9.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <1121.933972845@localhost>
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On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > I have to disagree. Since this is a licensed trademark, it would mean > an *ongoing* outlay of money to use it (it's a yearly license with > X/Open) and I don't see that it makes as much marketing impact as it > once did, certainly not enough to justify the costs. Bummer, I didn't know they stuck it to you every way possible. How does this effect the value of the technical effort? > Most people think of "Linux" before they think of "Unix" these days > anyway when it comes to brand ID, and maybe we should be negotiating > to use the Linux trademark instead... :-) Cool beans, how much does that one cost? :) Jamie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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