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From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD problems and preliminary ways to solve
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On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 01:24:54PM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On 25 August 2011 11:34,  <gnuyoga@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sure. And taking surveys into account, we could just simply summarize:
> >> FreeBSD needs marketing :-)
> >
> > That begs the question of to whom FreeBSD should be marketed. Home users? Small-office admins? Datacenter admins? Embedded developers?
...
> Pick your area of interest. Work on making it more useful. Be very
> loud and vocal about what you're doing. Explain how it's better than
> the alternatives.

Yes!

> What _I_ think the project needs is louder developers and advocates;

Yes.

> So, let's stop talking about it; pick something you think should be
> better, run with it, and be very vocal about what you do.

I have been. ;-)
 
Diane
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