Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 18:47:35 -0800 From: Avleen Vig <lists-freebsd@silverwraith.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is FreeBSD going? Message-ID: <20040107024735.GW2838@silverwraith.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20040105134236.03b51cc0@localhost> References: <79B4EAB03B5E4649A740A8C1452F60643523F0@y6001a.umb.corp.umb.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20040105134236.03b51cc0@localhost>
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On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:52:50PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > FreeBSD also keeps falling farther and farther behind Linux in the area > of advocacy (and, hence, corporate adoption). Again, this is a governance > issue. Many of the developers actually have an antipathy toward advocacy, > since they dislike answering newbie FAQs and don't want too many > people to adopt the OS for fear that it'll overcrowd their "sandbox." So, > some of the criticism is actually valid. Advocacy is NOT a race or a popularity contest.
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