Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 00:48:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole <freelist@webweaver.net> To: Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Subject: Re: InfoWorld brawl esclates - promoted in syadmin magazine! Message-ID: <XFMail.980505004821.freelist@webweaver.net> In-Reply-To: <354E7762.DE1F3279@ibm.net>
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On 05-May-98 Don Wilde wisely wrote:
>> "Send me information on a conmmercial FreeBSD vendor with a > $1M annual
>> runrate and I'll use it."
>>
>> Hmmm.
>
> Walnut Creek? NCI?
>
> Brett, real sysadmins know about FreeBSD. Look at Andreas' links, there
> are a number of articles out there that mention FreeBSD right alongside
> Solaris and AIX as viable platforms for _enterprise_ software.
>
This month FreeBSD was mentioned/promoted quite well in sysadmin magazine. www
.samag.com.
Nicole
> I think we should concentrate more on our software and ease-of-CLI-use
> and our demo tools. Don't panic, just write code. You've got to remember
> the mentality of the newsgroup surfer. He's a lot different than
> InfoWorld's print readership. Most of those who're responding to your
> posts are teenage surfers with nothing better to do. Even Joe Dad or Joe
> CEO -- who're serious contenders for our business -- won't go there. How
> many _real_software_writers_ like John Dyson or Amancio Hasty post
> responses to your posts??? There are some threads on these lists that
> are getting just as religious. Nobody wins, because we all waste
> bandwidth reading it and nobody is learning or writing code here. I
> don't like losing, so end of my input. I've got too much to learn. :))))
>
> --> Don
>
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