Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 20:48:13 -0500 (CDT) From: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> To: don morrison <dmorrisn@u.washington.edu> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Draft of Nader letter Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980614204428.1304A-100000@barnowl> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980614182616.0080c6c0@dmorrisn.deskmail.washington.edu>
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I would have to concur on the thrust of your post, Don. I felt Linux was used as an example more than anything else. Mr. Love has only had the opportunity to look at FreeBSD a couple of months. Sure, I would like more coverage, but, in all not too bad. We should stay in tune to this and I would like to thank Brett for doing so. Thanks! John On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, don morrison wrote: > > Maybe they changed the page since your post? (Some of your statements below > are incorrect. e.g. They _did_ mention the BeOS.) I read the article, the > whole thing and all the links to it, in fact, and I didn't find much of a > linux bias. Bias is typically used as a negative term. There was > definately some _enthusiasm_ for linux there and the free software movement > in general, both of which deserved it, I think. As for FreeBSD coverage, > I think Mr. Nader was considerably generous in including FreeBSD as much as > he did in his letter considering he (most likely) only recently became > aware of FreeBSD and hasn't had enough time to research it and come to the > obvious conclusion that everything deserves a FreeBSD bias ;). Nowhere in > his letter did he discuss superiority of one free OS over another, so I > don't think it's fair to say there was a "linux bias". Coverage != bias. > Besides, the FreeBSD coverage was fine! Take the FreeBSD user base. Take > the Linux user base. If you look at those, and then look at how many times > "FreeBSD" and "Linux" are mentioned in the letter, you'll see that FreeBSD > is _grossly_ over-represented. This letter is about _consumers_; keep that > in mind. > > > >James Love, assistant to Ralph Nader, has published a draft of a letter to > >be sent to the Justice Department regarding alternatives to Microsoft OSes. > >The letter shows a heavy bias toward Linux and makes some incorrect > >statements about FreeBSD. We should send feedback urging them to be less > >Linux-centric, mention the other *BSDs, correct the information on FreeBSD, > >and include commercial OSes (such as BSDI, QNX, BeOS, etc.) as well as just > >the free ones as alternatives to Microsoft's products. The draft can be > >found at > > > >http://www.essential.org/antitrust/ms/jkjun151998.html > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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