Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 16:30:46 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>, David Shanes <dshanes@personalogic.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" Message-ID: <19980411163045.41076@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <6218.892195002@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 12:56:42AM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980409224844.7521D-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> <6218.892195002@time.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, Apr 10, 1998 at 12:56:42AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Where do I sign up? > > "FreeBSD Marketing: Who Do You Want To Picket And Beat To Death With Stats > > Today?" > > Heh, you joke, but Mike Smith and I were kicking ourselves today > thinking "DAMN! After that big Linux user's group meeting, a big bus > went up to the Mozilla party several times with busloads of Linux > advocates and what a wasted opportunity! We could have had a guy in a > Chuck costume standing there, handing out FreeBSD CDs (along with a > little pamphlet describing how a Linux user might evaluate and > possibly transition to FreeBSD) to each person getting off the bus. > Damn damn damn! We suck at marketing!" > > Our comments were half in jest, but little PR stunts like this, done > in the proper humor, are seriously worth doing if you can pull them > off. It'd also be kinda nice if we pulled one off occasionally rather > than just thinking about it afterwards, and for that we need better > advance notification and planning when such opportunities present > themselves. Should any of you spot such an opportunity and need some > help in making it happen, let us know! > > Jordan > Moving this to Chat.... Networld + Interop 98 will be in Las Vegas the week of May 4-8. Is FreeBSD going to have a representive there? If not, are there any FreeBSD people in and around Las Vegas who might want to pass out free copies of 2.2.5. This would be a good start. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.5 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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