Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 02:00:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net> To: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980725012937.16068A-100000@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: <980725050054.ZM1087@darkstar.connect.com>
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On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Frank Pawlak wrote: > kissing your sister. It just doesn't get you to the big show. I know that > I'll draw heavy fire over this, but I feel that same way about competitors in > the OS game. Somehow we must win some turf battles and grab some major > headlines. Linux will bury us just a well as M$ will. It's easy to get caught up in this, but I would just like to remind people, that *I* think were wasting time and effort competing with Linux as a desktop OS. I've been guilty in the past of trying to advocate that. But then I woke up to the reality that FreeBSD *IS* powering the internet. FreeBSD is not a lincoln log OS that has to be peiced together to work HARD. FreeBSD is a SERVER OS. One benefit of being such a NUCLEAR POWERED server OS is that it makes a nice desktop since its stable as, well stable as FreeBSD. People do not seem to get the idea of where FreeBSD is being used. It's in NOC's, embedded solutions, search engines, video solutions like at pluto, gigabit test beds like the myrianet project, link exchange, telephone companies, large ISP's like BEST, routing software like JunOS, etc.. etc.. I dont want resources wasted on making FreeBSD look sexier, what *I* would rather see is energy spent on cleaning up and adding MORE robustness and features to our networking stack, then VM, then SMP. If your good at something stick with it and improve upon it dont divide and conquer. Stick with being a server oriented OS which we are, we blow the doors off everyone in that area on x86, and on other platforms as well. I think -core does a good job of keeping FreeBSD geared towards a server oriented OS. YEAH! I'm not trying to persuading you not to take up making FreeBSD look more sexy on the desktop, merely trying to get people to FOCUS on what our best chances of survival and ultimate goals should be. Our resources are limited, but we have the best talent on earth working on FreeBSD. And to quote mike o'dell at UUNET from an old ;login interview when asked (I believe) what flavor of UNIX will come out on top in the long run, he replied "I believe a BSD based solution will". So lets prove him right. Because the first time *I* boot a FreeBSD install medium that has buttons to click im throwing it out the window :-) Just my 9 cents worth, Chris -- "Linux... The choice of a GNUtered generation." ===================================| Open Systems Networking And Consulting. FreeBSD 2.2.7 is available now! | Phone: 316-326-6800 -----------------------------------| 1402 N. Washington, Wellington, KS-67152 FreeBSD: The power to serve! | E-Mail: opsys@open-systems.net http://www.freebsd.org | Consulting-Network Engineering-Security ===================================| http://open-systems.net -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQENAzPemUsAAAEH/06iF0BU8pMtdLJrxp/lLk3vg9QJCHajsd25gYtR8X1Px1Te gWU0C4EwMh4seDIgK9bzFmjjlZOEgS9zEgia28xDgeluQjuuMyUFJ58MzRlC2ONC foYIZsFyIqdjEOCBdfhH5bmgB5/+L5bjDK6lNdqD8OAhtC4Xnc1UxAKq3oUgVD/Z d5UJXU2xm+f08WwGZIUcbGcaonRC/6Z/5o8YpLVBpcFeLtKW5WwGhEMxl9WDZ3Kb NZH6bx15WiB2Q/gZQib3ZXhe1xEgRP+p6BnvF364I/To9kMduHpJKU97PH3dU7Mv CXk2NG3rtOgLTEwLyvtBPqLnbx35E0JnZc0k5YkABRO0JU9wZW4gU3lzdGVtcyA8 b3BzeXNAb3Blbi1zeXN0ZW1zLm5ldD4= =BBjp -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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