Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 19:42:22 -0700 From: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net> To: dwilde1@ibm.net, "Andrew I. Arbuckle" <aiarbuckle@naxs.com> Cc: Woody Carey <wcarey@cs.uoregon.edu>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, dg@root.com, Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: An idea for promoting FreeBSD Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19980422194222.006a9b80@pacificnet.net> In-Reply-To: <353EA2BA.1973C065@ibm.net> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980422112250.5564A-100000@statix.cs.uoregon.edu> <353E3B82.2D7540FE@ibm.net> <353E5DF5.32197EF8@naxs.com>
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At 07:08 PM 4/22/98 -0700, Don Wilde wrote: >I guess one thing you have to understand is that FreeBSD is the ultimate >'all options unlocked', programmer-beware software system. Efforts to >restrict its development to any particular path are fought _hard_. In >other words, we all like having a keg of dynamite in our hands, even if >it means that we have to walk very gingerly when setting it up. Woah, woah. Are you trying to say that it's hard to install and setup? Isn't that something that we're trying to avoid....the complications that is. I keep hearing about the push for FreeBSD to be known has a kick ass server, but whatever happened to FreeBSD has a Workstation? I remember seeing a slogan or the FreeBSD.org page that said something like this, "FreeBSD, turning PC's into Workstations." (or something like that) Is that still holding true? I do use Unix based OS's (Linux and soon FreeBSD) at home and I'm not all the concerned with setting up a server, and probably alot of average users aren't really concerned with that either. I just want a stable Operating System with the power of Unix....and I know that FreeBSD fits the bill. Hmmm...I seem to be rambling a bit. Basically, what I wanted to know is what path are we (the freebsd community) going to take FreeBSD. Are we going to take the Server path, the Workstation path, or both? I'd prefer both of course. We've all seen that FreeBSD is a phenomenal server, let's show (let prospective users know and all) that it can be a kick butt Workstation as well. But how are we gonna do that? Any ideas? Joey Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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