From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 30 12:10:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA29364 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:10:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA29357 for ; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:10:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA23880; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:58:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) To: Wes Peters cc: James Love , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Brett Glass Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Sep 1998 12:53:58 MDT." <36127E46.C50BA0DF@softweyr.com> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 11:58:43 -0700 Message-ID: <23876.907181923@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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. Hear hear. I just finished writing one for Performance Computing and have been, with the possible exception of Brett (who appears to do just fine when he's banging a kettle in print rather than in email :), one of the only people still trying to keep FreeBSD mentioned occasionally in the american trade press. That sucks. I don't even like writing articles. :) The Japanese folks are still doing great things, of course, and the Germans appear to be catching up with more articles in C't and other related magazines from what I've been seeing lately. So where the heck are all the ENGLISH SPEAKING writers, folks?! :-) C'mon, just 1500 words or so for your favorite online computer mag (or even one that's not your favorite) and you'll be getting us up into the same viewspace that Linux is currently occupying. For extra bonus points, go for the print media. Just get the word out! > 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. [Points aggressively at Wes] Listen to this man! Yes! :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message