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 > > > -- > Matt Olander > CTO, iXsystems - "Servers for Open Source" http://www.iXsystems.com > Public Relations, The FreeBSD Project http://www.FreeBSD.org > Phone: (408)943-4100 ext. 113 Fax: (408)943-4101 > -- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Bob Willcox If you do something right once, someone will bob@immure.com ask you to do it again. Austin, TX
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