From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 8 21:25:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55234156C4 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 21:25:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA02442; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 22:25:02 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.58.19990908215326.04654930@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 21:57:38 -0600 To: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai From: Brett Glass Subject: The value of marketing Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990908231629.G64229@daemon.ninth-circle.org> References: <19990908194548.A89429@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <4.2.0.58.19990907215517.047c9880@localhost> <99090807163506.00470@a11.idiotswitch.org> <4.2.0.58.19990908091226.047c96f0@localhost> <19990908194548.A89429@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message