From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 13 20:30:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA05050 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:30:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from aaka.3skel.com (aaka.3skel.com [207.240.212.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA05044 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 03:30:18 GMT (envelope-from danj@3skel.com) Received: from fnur.3skel.com (fnur.3skel.com [192.168.0.8]) by aaka.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id XAA01169; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:30:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 3skel.com (localhost.3skel.com [127.0.0.1]) by fnur.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id XAA12866; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:30:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3532D844.E173B93C@3skel.com> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 23:30:12 -0400 From: Dan Janowski Organization: Triskelion Systems, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Das Devaraj CC: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What else goes with it (was Re: New name?) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Das Devaraj wrote: > On Mon, 13 Apr 1998, Dan Janowski wrote: > - Specify whom this system is for > (currently FreeBSD seems geared for server applications) This is not really true. It seems that way because there is ashortage of desktop type applications. We are not going to hit the MS desktop. The completeness and ease of use for most is there. If not a server or a common desktop, then what? > - What kind of hardware is needed to run it > - What advantages will they get from using it > (sorry, a technical description of BSD will not cut it) > - What kind of support they can expect from it > (most businesses would rather pay money for support than > hire expensive technical help) > - What kind of skill level is needed to operate it > (many people who post to various FreeBSD mailing lists seem to > know *way more than* what even experts in the business world know) UI for a more graphical desktop/system manager. People getfreaked out when they have to deal with the system itself. Everything from permissions to installing software. Who can we really appeal to in a mass market? > - What will be the channel > (will it be distributed by Walnut Creek CDROM -- probably I can > ask them, have an office only a few miles from them! Or will > it be distributed by VARs?) > Are we tring to put ourselves more squarely in the Unix Server market or are we going after the home user that plays with Linux now, but may be interested in something more serious. Or something else? -- danj@3skel.com Dan Janowski Triskelion Systems, Inc. Bronx, NY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message