Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 21:38:28 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? Message-ID: <EB4B38CE-439A-4CD1-8F7A-48F76C3D027D@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <3FFA8D05-005B-4405-ACD7-E8473F9BDCBE@fisglobal.com> References: <20120504191111.153790@gmx.com> <20120504234220.5ba8141b@bhuda.mired.org> <3FFA8D05-005B-4405-ACD7-E8473F9BDCBE@fisglobal.com>
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On May 4, 2012, at 9:15 PM, Devin Teske wrote:
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> On May 4, 2012, at 8:42 PM, Mike Meyer wrote:
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>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 15:11:10 -0400
>> "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com> wrote:
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>>> *WHY* is Linux so much more popular than the BSDs?
>>
>> My "newsbyte" answer is:
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>> BSD is Unix for people who love quality software.
>> Linux is Unix for people who hate Microsoft.
>
> My favorite comparison-quote is from the former (x3) CEO of our company from way-way back (circa '95-'96):
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> ``Linux is for Windows users that want to learn UNIX.
> FreeBSD is for UNIX users that want to use affordable hardware.''
>
(adding to the above)
Which I don't necessarily think accurately describes FreeBSD today; that quote was circa pre 1.0-R ("ref") to 2.x.
Today, FreeBSD works on some of the most powerful equipment in the world. Equipment where price is hardly an issue. We have a great many to thank for that.
--
Devin
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