Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:23:55 -0800 (PST) From: peter lageotakes <plageotakes@yahoo.com> To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The Linux Experiment Message-ID: <20040127202355.32454.qmail@web14605.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <4016C41E.5070402@Siemens.com>
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--- Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> wrote: > Chip Morton wrote: > > > Not FreeBSD related, but an interesting read from > the perspective of a > > veteran Windows user turned UNIX newbie. > > > > > http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,113746,pg,1,00.asp > > From the article: > > "I didn't want a Macintosh--for one thing, I didn't > want to move to a > new hardware platform. That left me just one other > choice: Linux." > > That a PC World editor only know of two operating > systems for the x86 > platform is shameful. I could understand the average > Joe on the street > thinking that there's only Windows and Linux, but an > editor of a major > computer magazine? > > We really need to get the word out that FreeBSD > exists. Before we can > get to the point of promoting its features, we need > to promote its > existance! > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I agree with you 100% David. I have taken it upon myself to get as many stories about FreeBSD on osnews.com and slashdot.org as possible. It is my own personal media blitz. Pete __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/
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