From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 6 13:50:13 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA26579 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 13:50:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from superior.mooseriver.com (superior.mooseriver.com [208.138.31.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA26572 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 13:50:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by superior.mooseriver.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA06913; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 13:49:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jgrosch) Message-ID: <19990206134955.A6799@mooseriver.com> Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 13:49:55 -0800 From: Josef Grosch To: Rick Hamell , Kevin Weiss Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Frustrating to read...ugh! Reply-To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com References: <199902061515.HAA18344@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Rick Hamell on Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 01:28:45PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 01:28:45PM -0800, Rick Hamell wrote: > > > Well put... but why is Linux so popular? It's because of the > vocal supporters who've used. It's because of the people who've quietly > replaced outdated machines or bloated machines with Linux servers in their > IT departments. It's very much a grass roots PR campaign. As Jordan said a > little while back we (the FreeBSD community) need to do the same thing, > it's the only way FreeBSD will become more popular. Some suggestions that > I will follow myself once the weather clears up around here, hold a > FreeBSD (but don't exclude Linux IMHO) install-a-thons and 'Windows > Rebate' days at local computer stores. Get a local users group together. > Get your friends to deploy home FreeBSD servers. Go to the local Goodwill > and buy up a bunch of those $20 machines, install FreeBSD on them and > donate them to schools. Get large companies to do the same thing. Quite > frankly get in people's faces about FreeBSD, but remeber to not dis Linux, > only Microsoft products....:) BTW.... I've got a list of people looking > for FreeBSD user groups locatated at > http://www.dsinw.com/~hamellr/freebsd.org/ug.html Nicole Harrington and I run BAFUG here in San Francisco. We also do the Install-A-Thons. If you need and help or advice please let us know. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.0 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message