From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Feb 16 11:12:34 1999 Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.6.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA22189 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:12:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr02.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA15961; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:23:41 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr02.primenet.com(206.165.6.202) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd015877; Tue Feb 16 12:23:28 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA22370; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:12:17 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199902161912.MAA22370@usr02.primenet.com> Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day Press Reports: Linux, Linux, Linux To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:12:14 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990215205736.03f18100@mail.lariat.org> from "Brett Glass" at Feb 15, 99 09:11:16 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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