From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 14 00:19:33 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id AAA03292 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:19:33 -0800 Received: from netcom14.netcom.com (hasty@netcom14.netcom.com [192.100.81.126]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id AAA03286 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:19:31 -0800 Received: by netcom14.netcom.com (8.6.10/Netcom) id AAA12316; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:18:14 -0800 Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 00:18:14 -0800 From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) Message-Id: <199503140818.AAA12316@netcom14.netcom.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, hm@altona.hamburg.com Subject: Re: BSD Consortium Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >ALL the FreeBSD, NetBSD and BSDI users/groups/companies should be willing >and agreeing to form such a consortium! Nice thought but it will probably never happen. I think that at this stage is more important to focus on the applications rather than on the OS features. I bet a lot of linux users get a kick out of running doom . If we had native applications such as word processors, spread sheets, drawing tools (I mean drawing tools such as the one used for creating the FreeBSD Logo) then I can I see more talent being attracted to the group. Another aspect is marketing, there has been a few of the Linux distributors which have advertised on major magazines. Cheers, Amancio