From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Apr 22 22:37:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA07934 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:37:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA07923 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:37:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA18088; Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:34:58 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804230534.WAA18088@implode.root.com> To: "Kenneth P. Stox" cc: John Reynolds , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: COMDEX CD's ... ??? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Apr 1998 23:55:35 CDT." From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:34:57 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, John Reynolds wrote: > >> http://slashdot.org/articles/98422204756.shtml >> >> Anyone know if there was anything FreeBSD at Comdex??? I wonder if Walnut >> Creek would help us try and do this sort of thing during this Fall's >> COMDEX??? > >Well, as I said to Jordan in an earlier email, there was good news and >there was bad news. > > First, the good news, whenever FreeBSD 2.2.6 was put on the table, >it was snapped right up. BTW, humble thanks to Pat Volkerding ( Of >Slackware fame ) for actually selling FreeBSD cdroms. Pat showed the type >of attitude and behavior that the rest if us should think about. To him, >FreeBSD is a friend, not an enemy. We should all be evangelizing FreeBSD >AND Linux, not FreeBSD vs. Linux. Amen, brother. The true enemy is Microsoft. -DG David Greenman Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message