Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:42:23 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Johnson David <davidjohnson@siemens.com> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Let's update FreeBSD vs Linux vs Windows XP Message-ID: <20050628144223.GC586@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <6F2F8FD3FBCF7A489CB18912A4807EBA0E0873@mvwcim1a.acuson.com> References: <6F2F8FD3FBCF7A489CB18912A4807EBA0E0873@mvwcim1a.acuson.com>
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--2/5bycvrmDh4d1IB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 10:08:26AM -0700, Johnson David wrote: > From: Marc Fonvieille [mailto:blackend@freebsd.org] > > > > I thought you wanted to update the content... > > and if it's for "newcomers" marketing/os-comparison.html > > will be too much technical for them. >=20 > Newcomers !=3D technically illiterate > It's your definition of "newcomer", it's now obvious there are many sort of "newcomer". Just have a look at freebsd-questions@ for example. > If it's a straight comparison, then it needs to have technical informatio= n. > Imagine taking a Honda Civic brochure and a Toyota Corolla brochure, > removing all technical facts such as horsepower and mileage, and then > comparing them only on the marketing verbiage. You cannot do it and have = it > makes sense. >=20 Hmm, well do you really think the "girl next door" cares about the torque of her car? The only thing most of people look at are the car look, the price, how many oil it "eats", the size... These things are not technical, but "understandable by everyone", the same things are developed in ads. Most of people do not understand what is the horsepower, they will just note that one number is bigger than another etc., but since most of time the "size" (or type) of the car (it's the case in Europe, I dunno in US) is proportional to the horsepower... > Marketing to newcomers doesn't mean hiding away the technical details. > That's what the EZLinux distros do, and we're better than that. Don't hide > the gnarly greasy details. If they scare away a few newbies, they wouldn't > have been happy here anyway. But those that they don't scare away should = be > welcomed. >=20 So according to you, "newbies" and people totally "OS ignorant" do not have to use FreeBSD :) To sum up, there must exist many advocacy papers: 1st: a general paper (single sheet should be perfect, "too much information kill the information") aimed at general audience 2nd: a more technical paper for people with more background looking for more details. Perhaps the OS comparaison can be (a part of) the 2nd paper. One must decide what is the audience of a paper before writting it. In all cases, the most important thing of a paper is not to be a "flood of informations" but something that gives the reader (both OS expert and ignorant persons) the will to install and give a try to FreeBSD. Back to the http://www.freebsd.org/marketing/os-comparison.html document, I'm waiting for updates via PRs and I will take care of the integration of changes (of course if there are correct, etc.). Marc --2/5bycvrmDh4d1IB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCwWHOzQ9RwE+OdOgRAvd5AKCgMHtn7P/WKDZtq8KyiCVYx5YqEQCgytOy yi3dqZS8QXU+Jinj7lM5n1U= =juJs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --2/5bycvrmDh4d1IB--
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