From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 21 02:03:03 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6845516A41C for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:03:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C76643D1D for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:03:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=yoda.datawok.com) by smtpauth05.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1DkY6P-0000SU-Rg; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:03:02 -0400 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:03:50 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <20050620134841.30FF54BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> <42B76136.4090103@401.cx> In-Reply-To: <42B76136.4090103@401.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200506202103.50917.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bc8a0eb67109c4fddb7acaca332199e229350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 Cc: Subject: Re: Explaining FreeBSD features X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 02:03:03 -0000 On Monday 20 June 2005 07:37 pm, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: > Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > *snip* > > >>FreeBSD is a typical system driven by technical people. > > > > Clearly its weakest point. > > Once again, that depends on your audience. If you ask me, its one > of FreeBSD's strongest points. > Im one of those "technical people", and the main reason I like > BSD is that its not "dumbed down". It does require atleast a > minimal amount of clue, and it does not take for granted that the > user is an idiot. > > -- > R I am not one of the those technical people. From a non-tech's viewpoint, it is a demanding operating system; but I am a more competent and more responsible computer user for the trouble. Maybe that's a good point to explore: convenience rarely breeds responsibility. (What's the line from spiderman?..."with great power comes great responsibility"?) Put another way: The best things in life are earned. Fafa, Roger is right about analyzing/choosing your audience. If your audience would be truly interested in FreeBSD, don't underestimate them (but make sure to provide a list of references for further reading). If they need the discussion "dumbed down", your probably wasting both your time and theirs. I could be completely wrong; but that's my 2 cents. Andrew Gould