Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 22:15:22 +1100 (EST) From: <nick@FERALMONKEY.ORG> To: eT <eT@KryptoKom.DE> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: what's in a name? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903032215080.4942-100000@shibumi.feralmonkey.org> In-Reply-To: <36DD15A7.DB479EDB@kryptokom.de>
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Without an image behind it, a name is nothing. Nick -- "We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough?" - Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962) On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, eT wrote: > you know, this whole lin*x thing has me baffled. ... i am wondering > why linux has a larger user/suport base in the first place? could it be that > the word linux just 'sounds' more like a friendly operating system than > FreeBSD? and that because of this new users are more susceptible to > using it? > > i mean, just all the different versions of linux out there would make me > think twice about even starting off with it? > > is linux perhaps a more 'marketable' name than FreeBSD? > > why not let's change the name FreeBSD to some variant > of linux? i agree that the time for advocacy has come upon us more > than ever before! > > eT > > -- > Etienne de Bruin; edebruin@iname.com > visit eT on the web: http://listen.to/eT (last update: 20 Feb 1999) > "god is there, there's no denying, supernatural" - dc talk, supernatural. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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