From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 2 21:02:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA21781 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 21:02:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA21776 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 21:02:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id WAA11672; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:02:15 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.1.19981002215535.040ed100@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 22:01:15 -0600 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Frank Pawlak From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <11048.907385538@time.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:32 PM 10/2/98 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> I like you, am convinced that there is an economic issue that is holding >> FreeBSD back in the market place. > >Care to be any more vague in your assertions? Now, Jordan, THERE's a logical argument that's going to lead to productive discourse. Not. :-( Frank and I are not the only people who perceive that FreeBSD is plagued by a lack of investment in marketing. Walnut Creek doesn't seem willing to make that investment. Now, what would you have us do? Sit back and let FreeBSD lose out to Linux? Break away from Walnut Creek by publishing another version, thereby fragmenting the market and, possibly, development efforts? Neither is a better alternative than getting Walnut Creek off its duff, but the latter may be necessary if we don't see things change soon. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message