Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 12:00:35 -0800 (PST) From: Chuck Rouillard <crouilla@ucsd.edu> To: ADRIAN Filipi-Martin <adrian@ubergeeks.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: In support of advocacy... Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.4.02A.9811281031510.22489-100000@sdcc10.ucsd.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981128130217.3959A-100000@lorax.ubergeeks.com>
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On Sat, 28 Nov 1998, ADRIAN Filipi-Martin wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Chuck Rouillard wrote:
>
> >
> > [chop]
> > > Yep, if one is interested in doing rather than talking, there are
> > > plenty of controversy-free and eminently worthy tasks to turn one's
> > > attention to.
> >
> > In the couple of months I've been on advocacy, the dreamers, poets,
> > and armchair quarterbacks seem to have lots to say about FBSD.
> > Apparently, 'advocacy' is a cornucopia for issues and well-intended
> > solutions(sans any strategy for implementation).
> >
> > Of course, as much as I anticipate any number of tips, ideas, or
> > occasional successes in support of FBSD, I see very little except
> > from, say, Greg(Lehey).
> >
> > Let's see some real *SUPPORT* for FBSD! Hell, I work for a company
> > with it's own UNIX. Staff developers have free access to it and I
> > still managed to get 3 people in my group to go out and buy 2.2.7
> > and build cable-modem gateways in their homes.
>
> Hey, just because we don't brag about each convert or satisfied
> customer that now has a FreeBSD box, doesn't mean we aren't out there
> promoting FreeBSD. I've got a number of significant local area wins over
> the last four to five years.
>
> I'm not saying that more couldn't be done. Just that what is
> being done is somewhat underrpresented/understated.... sounds like *BSD
> advocacy in general...
>
> I guess we could develop some ascii art tokens to represent how
> many kill each of us has and tack them onto our sigs like fighter pilots
> and their planes. ;-)
You're right. My 'example' suggests I'm looking for brag sheets. I'm
not. Instead, and in the spirit of advocacy, I was hoping to such things
as:
o "X company is planning on a new UNIX network. What are some of
better selling points of FreeBSD against, say, SCO, Sol?"
o "We don't have a SIG in our (community|town|city|state|country),
has anyone started one and how did you go about it?"
o "We have a local computer rag and I was consider doing a promo.
Anyone here had experience with this?"
o "I am considering writing SCSI support for the SYMBIOS chip set
and was wondering if anyone else had similar interests or had
heard of others involved with this?"
o "My (college|university|alma mater) offers software to students at
substantial discount. I'd like to get then to offer FBSD as well.
Anyone done this before? Whom do I tell them to call?"
Don't bother addressing any of the bulletized questions; they're
contrived and we all know it. The point is to establish a productive
dialog that promotes the use and widespread appeal of FBSD.
I believe one of the keys to being a good advocate for something is
understanding it's stengths and weaknesses within and amongst its
peers(if any). Notice the few responses Greg(Lehey) is getting in
his recent appeals.
BTW: Laugh all you want, but I like Adrian's "ascii art tokens". :->
-c
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