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Date:      Wed, 08 Sep 1999 21:57:38 -0600
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   The value of marketing
Message-ID:  <4.2.0.58.19990908215326.04654930@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <19990908231629.G64229@daemon.ninth-circle.org>
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At 11:16 PM 9/8/99 +0200, you wrote:

Users may be fun, we appeal to them of course, but let's not forget the
>developers do the actual work which makes users want the OS. 

They do an important part of it. But, as I've mentioned in another thread, 
most people do not buy a car JUST for the engine. It matters how comfortable 
it is, how good it looks, how well it handles the terrain you need to negotiate,
and if your family will fit.

An OS isn't just code. It's a bundle of code, culture, conventions, third-party
support, and -- yes -- memes.

--Brett





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