From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Apr 22 02:41:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA05533 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 02:41:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA05520 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 09:41:21 GMT (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from papillon.lemis.com ([192.122.138.250]) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA22891; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:11:05 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (grog@localhost) by papillon.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) id QAA00657; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 16:53:54 +0800 (SGT) Message-ID: <19980422165353.36930@papillon.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 16:53:53 +0800 From: Greg Lehey To: dg@root.com, Mark Ovens Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: An idea for promoting FreeBSD References: <353BED45.7F185851@uk.radan.com> <199804210108.SAA21683@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199804210108.SAA21683@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 06:08:05PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 20 April 1998 at 18:08:05 -0700, David Greenman wrote: >> I've got an idea for helping promote FreeBSD without costing vast sums >> of money. Why not get together a fully working, but cut-down (i.e no >> source etc.) version and get it distributed on the cover CD's of >> computer magazines? > > Incidently, this has happend several times already with FreeBSD. A few > times I recall immediately in Japan. ...maybe that's why we're so popular > in Japan. :-) I suppose you're saying "yes, great idea". I agree. The thing is, this giveaway must work smoothly with no problems even for the biggest idiot. This means that X is a must, even if it only runs at 640x480. There would be a lot of work behind getting this kind of mini-distribution working. IMO it would be worth it, but it would be a catastrophe to send out a version with which the majority of users had trouble. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message