From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 30 11:55:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25428 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:55:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xylan.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA25421 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:55:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com by xylan.com (8.8.7/SMI-SVR4 (xylan-mgw 2.2 [OUT])) id LAA11589; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:54:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from utah.XYLAN.COM by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id LAA16651; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:54:00 -0700 Received: from softweyr.com by utah.XYLAN.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (xylan utah [SPOOL])) id MAA12816; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:53:58 -0600 Message-ID: <36127E46.C50BA0DF@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:53:58 -0600 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" CC: James Love , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Brett Glass Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement References: <23307.907176696@time.cdrom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Personally, I think people need to get busy in the book department if > they want to see FreeBSD start going places faster (or they need to be > content with it getting there not quite as fast). All this kvetching > in mailing lists that Opinion Leaders(tm) don't even read doesn't get > us anywhere. Not to mention magazines and trade weeklies. Why does Linux have coverage in these venues? Because Linux users have written articles about how to do this or that with Linux? Why don't these same publications carry articles about FreeBSD? Because NOBODY is writing and submitting them. Daemon News is a step in the right direction, but only a step. More articles about FreeBSD, in the publications both techies AND managers read, will inevitably lead to more users and more acceptance. The high quality and usability of FreeBSD will guarantee wins, if we can just get it in front of their eyeballs. It is also important to keep in mind that the growth of Linux directly benefits all FreeBSD users as well. Linux compatibility is one of the most important features of FreeBSD. As the market for commercial Linux applications grows, so does the market for commercial FreeBSD applications. As Jordan pointed out in his recent editorial, Linux applications *are* FreeBSD applications. ;^) -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message