From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jan 10 22:17:59 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA13145 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 22:17:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp04.wxs.nl (smtp04.wxs.nl [195.121.6.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA13140 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 22:17:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.56.93]) by smtp04.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA2BB0; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 07:17:22 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9901102315.AA270031@hell> Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 07:24:56 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Michael Lankton Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Drew Derbyshire Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 10-Jan-99 Michael Lankton wrote: > Drew Derbyshire wrote: >> I don't think too many would mind if Linux wiped FreeBSD from the face >> of the earth on pure technical merits, but would be a real pity if >> FreeBSD died because no one answered the phone. > > Conversely, I don't think FreeBSD needs the baggage that being a buzzword > os carries with it, although I'm sure many of you would argue that the > exposure would do more good than harm. Can ye say Linux and commercialism in one word, I betcha ye can... (Unfortunately)... Hmm sounding like a communist now... Poing being is that Linux ain't that different from Windows any more by now, sure ye get the source, but I meant the whole hype around it. Be different, use Linux (along with the X million others ;) It's always possible to do too much PR. Marketing can be healthy in the right doses. Too much can kill... --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven A veil of smoke is what I am, asmodai(at)wxs.nl I wait and I wait... Network/Security Specialist BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message