From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 12 10: 8:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B59A14C18 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:08:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA29536; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:05:43 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19991112110312.00ac69b0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:05:57 -0700 To: Jonathon McKitrick From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: China loves Linux? Cc: Joseph Scott , "Igor B. Bykhalo" , "-chat@FreeBSD" In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.0.58.19991112105353.045a9cc0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org And the boss says, "Linux is the market leader; heck, even *I* have heard of it. So don't go switching to this 'Freebie' stuff, whatever it is." Alas, I've had this happen at the sites of some of my clients. They've INSISTED that I not switch them to FreeBSD. I say, quit hoping that they'll switch someday; that's sour grapes. Get a foot in the door NOW. --Brett At 06:02 PM 11/12/1999 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >Here's what often happens, and it happened to me: >Linux first, then FreeBSD. Play with the toy first, then move on to the >real thing. Yeah, *some* people will stay with linux, but as those people >migrate towards high-tech jobs and places with servers, they may be >exposed to FreeBSD and take an interest. > >On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > > >At 04:59 PM 11/12/1999 +0000, Joseph Scott wrote: > > > >> I think it's much easier for FreeBSD to show > >>what a makes it a neat OS when you are talking to people who are already > >>familiar with unix in general. > > > >But it's harder to get them to convert, since what they're using is > >ALREADY very much like FreeBSD. The advantages of switching are much > >smaller than for, say, an NT user. Best to get them using FreeBSD from > >the outset. > > > >--Brett > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > > >-jonathon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message