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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
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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

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