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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