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[198.228.227.252]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id il8sm10496472obc.18.2012.04.28.06.43.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:43:38 -0700 (PDT) References: <4F9AEFD9.3050107@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F9AEFD9.3050107@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9B176) From: Andrew Young Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:43:33 -0400 To: "glarkin@FreeBSD.org" X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmO/oGev8K6IwYBeMp34X2Anft9Rq8JSq6i4bKCns5LhhbLmWv+OANI7ZjFURo36OydD+wB Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:43:42 -0000 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > On 4/27/12 10:16 AM, Andy Young wrote: >> After using Linux for almost 15 years, I only recently started >> using FreeBSD. I own an internet startup and was looking for a >> solution for implementing large-scale storage servers. In my >> research I found ZFS and subsequently found FreeBSD. As I learned >> more about it, I was incredibly impressed. There are so many >> elements of FreeBSD that I love, I've completely ditched Linux and >> am deploying FreeBSD exclusively on my company's server >> infrastructure. I can't help wonder why I hadn't heard all about it >> before. Sure, I knew the name, but I had never seen it in use,=20 >> either in college or in over ten years as a software developer >> since then. In contrast Linux is everywhere! Even though there are >> so many applications where FreeBSD seems to be a better or at least >> more mature solution. >>=20 >> What are the current efforts to promote and educate people on >> FreeBSD? I'd love to help spread the word. >>=20 >=20 > Hi Andrew, >=20 > Your message caught my eye because of your company name in your > signature. I thought I had seen it somewhere before, and I had - I > was at the VentureX competition at the abi when you won the grand prize! >=20 > I'm down the road in Hollis, NH, and I have been to a few of the > Wednesday meetups at the abi. I am a FreeBSD ports tree committer, > and like you, I found it a number of years ago after getting so > frustrated with the multitude of different Linux flavors. I needed an > OS that was packaged consistently, and the ports tree was a huge win > for me. >=20 > After submitting a number of PRs over the years, I was invited to > become a committer, and I have mentored other new committers since > then. If that is ever an interest to you, we should talk about it. >=20 > Anyway, I would be happy to meet with you to talk about FreeBSD in > general, as well as advocacy, if you want. I'm interested to learn > more about how you are managing your infrastructure, too. We > currently making heavy use of jails and are also in the midst of a > project implementing a Puppet-based server provisioning framework. >=20 > We could certainly give a short overview of FreeBSD in one of the > meetups at the abi, and maybe there's even call for a user group, if > there's enough interest in the area. >=20 > Cheers, > Greg >=20 Wow! Talk about a small world. I'd love to meet up. I'll send you a direct e= mail and maybe we can grab coffee or something next week.=20 > - --=20 > Greg Larkin >=20 > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve > http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. > http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >=20 > iEYEARECAAYFAk+a79kACgkQ0sRouByUApCR+gCePd4rfkcdyq0OuOecxOAbRz6Q > 5e4An15lkn9QRL6T9LvDgCMgYt4TATjp > =3DB/1h > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----