From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 3 00:02:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id AAA15757 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 00:02:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA15747 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 00:02:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id SAA07580; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 18:32:00 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971103183200.43578@lemis.com> Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 18:32:00 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Wes Peters Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations References: <199710310226.DAA08937@bitbox.follo.net> <8535.878284917@time.cdrom.com> <199710310856.JAA09939@bitbox.follo.net> <199711030710.AAA20072@obie.softweyr.ml.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199711030710.AAA20072@obie.softweyr.ml.org>; from Wes Peters on Mon, Nov 03, 1997 at 12:10:46AM -0700 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, Nov 03, 1997 at 12:10:46AM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > Eivind Eklund writes: >>>> (3) FreeBSD: Power, not price. >> >> I ran this by our marketing exec - he thinks it give associations to >> "boy's rooms OS". I tend to agree with him. >> >> He is usually quite good at this kind of stuff, but said he needed a >> mission statement to be able to give it a go. >> >> So - what image do we want FreeBSD to project? >> >> My priorities are >> * Professional >> * Fast >> * Powerful >> >> in that order. >> >> Can somebody else come up with a better definition of what we want to >> communicate? > > You forgot the "freedom" bit in there. It's my number one reason for > using FreeBSD on a daily basis: you can do with it as you wish. Nobody > makes you sign, tear, click, or in any other way agree to a long list of > unenforceable clauses to use, misuse, or abuse it. You just have to > agree to give credit where credit is due. > > Personally, I liked "FreeBSD: the Power to Serve" the best of the one- > liners; The more I think about this one, the more I like it. Of course, it has nothing to do with the preceding paragraph :-) Do we have to limit ourselves to one slogan? I agree it (they) should be short, but there's no reason always to use the same one. For example, "the power to serve" in one context, "the original Internet OS" (or whatever) in another, and maybe others in further contexts. Greg