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Date:      Sat, 01 Nov 1997 15:15:19 +1030
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no>
Cc:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, tore@yes.no
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations 
Message-ID:  <199711010445.PAA00973@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 31 Oct 1997 09:56:52 BST." <199710310856.JAA09939@bitbox.follo.net> 

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> 
> He is usually quite good at this kind of stuff, but said he needed a
> mission statement to be able to give it a go.

So that's what "mission statements" are about?

> So - what image do we want FreeBSD to project?
> 
> My priorities are
> * Professional
> * Fast
> * Powerful
> 
> in that order.

I'd go with that.  It's hard to come up with a simple phrase that 
defines the benefit(s) of openness though.

> Can somebody else come up with a better definition of what we want to
> communicate?

Hmm, mission statement.

"The FreeBSD project delivers state-of-the-art, high-reliability 
 standards-friendly operating system technology and timely support 
 to the entire spectrum of computing professionals."

?

mike





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