Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:12:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day Press Reports: Linux, Linux, Linux Message-ID: <199902161912.MAA22370@usr02.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990215205736.03f18100@mail.lariat.org> from "Brett Glass" at Feb 15, 99 09:11:16 pm
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> Unfortunately, the very thing I expected to happen DID happen: the > "Linux faithful" appear to have made sure that FreeBSD was not mentioned > in news coverage of the event. The following articles mentioned Linux > exclusively: [ ... ] > In short, the FreeBSD users who joined the group were represented to the > press by the organizers as being Linux enthusiasts. > > This is what I was concerned about. The FreeBSD supporters who attended were > taken for a ride. Not true everywhere... here's one where Linux and BSD are both mentioned exactly once (though Linux is first and NetWare was next, before a generic BSD): http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2191274,00.html Here's another one that mentions Linux first, then FreeBSD: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2209072,00.html If you don't read down very far, then it's equal billing. If you do read dow, including Microsoft's mention, it's only 6 to 1 (and Microsoft is mentioned 2 to 1 over Linux). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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