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Date:      Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:09:52 -0500
From:      Bob Willcox <bob@immure.com>
To:        Matt Olander <matt@iXsystems.com>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: "So what's FreeBSD doing at Linux World...?"
Message-ID:  <20060818190952.GB86703@rancor.immure.com>
In-Reply-To: <44E5F52D.5010607@iXsystems.com>
References:  <pan.2006.08.18.16.22.32.771749@sremick.net> <44E5F52D.5010607@iXsystems.com>

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Is the "Why FreeBSD" article online somewhere accessible?

Bob

On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 10:13:17AM -0700, Matt Olander wrote:
> Scott I. Remick wrote:
> >Thought this was cute and so I'll share:
> >
> >Side note: When I approached the FreeBSD booth, my first question was,
> >"So, what's FreeBSD doing here at LinuxWorld?" Without losing a beat, the
> >FreeBSD guy responded, "Actually, in an alternate universe, I'm attending
> >BSDWorld and there's one Linux booth. However, my transporter
> >malfunctioned 'cause it was running Linux, and so here I am." Best nerd
> >one-liner I've heard at the show.
> >
> >>From http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/413
> 
> Haha. It's a good thing he didn't publish the rest of what I said ;-)
> 
> Working at a Linux World for 3 straight days can begin to wear on you a 
> bit. You can only answer "So, what distro of linux is this?" so many 
> times before you start to froth at the mouth.
> 
> That said, we gave out mass quantities of FreeBSD and PC-BSD cd's at the 
> show along with the "Why FreeBSD" article that an IBM developer wrote 
> and we also handed out many many BSDCan and FreeBSD Foundation flyers. I 
> was even making people wait for their BSD cd to get burned on the spot 
> in order to separate the bizarre freebie moochers that wander these 
> things like linux zombies.
> 
> A good time was had by all.
> 
> -matt
> 
> 
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Bob Willcox             If you do something right once, someone will
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