Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:01:45 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net> To: eT@KryptoKom.DE (eT) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what's in a name? Message-ID: <199903032001.PAA01396@y.dyson.net> In-Reply-To: <36DD15A7.DB479EDB@kryptokom.de> from eT at "Mar 3, 99 11:57:44 am"
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eT said: > you know, this whole lin*x thing has me baffled. ... i am wondering > why linux has a larger user/suport base in the first place? could it be that > the word linux just 'sounds' more like a friendly operating system than > FreeBSD? and that because of this new users are more susceptible to > using it? > > i mean, just all the different versions of linux out there would make me > think twice about even starting off with it? > > is linux perhaps a more 'marketable' name than FreeBSD? > > why not let's change the name FreeBSD to some variant > of linux? i agree that the time for advocacy has come upon us more > than ever before! > IMO, the BSD people have generally more dignity and are generally older. The few that are aggressive like the Linux/GPL crew are not considered to be part of the clique. The problems with advocacy are not in the name, but in a false sense of what is needed to make it in the marketplace. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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