From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Apr 11 11:47:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA15013 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:47:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from out1.ibm.net (out1.ibm.net [165.87.194.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA14867 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:46:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwilde1@ibm.net) Received: from ibm.net (slip-32-100-79-170.ca.us.ibm.net [32.100.79.170]) by out1.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA17168; Sat, 11 Apr 1998 18:46:01 GMT Message-ID: <352FBA55.1AA7C450@ibm.net> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 11:45:41 -0700 From: Don Wilde Reply-To: dwilde1@ibm.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "John S. Dyson" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" References: <199804110511.AAA03462@dyson.iquest.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org John S. Dyson wrote: > I just want to chime in (again) and suggest showing enthusiasm and > competency. However, I STRONGLY suggest that we not show arrogance > or an excessively superior attitude. We have so many good things > on our side (including being very reasonable and careful with our > claims.) Let's be extremely enthusiastic, and at the same time > being very honest about what we are and aren't. Credibility is > critical, and that is one of our major assets. We don't use > terms like 'Kewl' and 'rulz', even though we have users and developers > of all age groups. We all try to chip-in, and don't have any sort of > cult of personality. > > I think that we all want to be a part of a "class act". Definitely! I would much rather have the _best_ lesser-known OS without dumbing down our presentation to the point of imprecise English to draw in GenX. Let Linux cater to that crowd, but let us be forthright in expressing our enthusiasm. Grog's example post was perfect in tone and honesty. I do think that there is a place for How-To's geared towards the hobbyist as well as the well-organized documentation all of us need, and we also need a place (besides -chat!) for expressing the FUN that FreeBSD provides as well as its utility. For example... I've never met Jordan, but I've heard rumors of both sideburns and motorcyles that just cry out for an xmorph'ed caricature on the Web... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message