From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 12 10:35: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5BF4614F69 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:34:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with smtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 11mLXC-0003M3-00; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 18:34:54 +0000 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 18:34:54 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Brett Glass Cc: Joseph Scott , "Igor B. Bykhalo" , "-chat@FreeBSD" Subject: Re: China loves Linux? In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991112110312.00ac69b0@localhost> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Brett Glass wrote: >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. That's a shame. I've heard stories of sysadmins installing Linux or FreeBSD servers/gateways without telling their bosses, and weeks or months later the boss says 'what's that box in the corner over there?' And the sysadmin says, 'that, sir, is the [insert un*x OS name] server that hasn't crashed in X months.' THEN they are impressed. > >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 > > -jonathon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message