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Date:      Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:27:08 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
To:        Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Cc:        Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca>, Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com>, Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk>, Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, Andy Young <ayoung@mosaicarchive.com>
Subject:   Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD?
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On Apr 29, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 29 Apr 2012 16:33, "Wojciech Puchar" <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> FreeBSD installation and boot style are very nice . Personally I dislike
> very much Ubuntu-like installs ( nothing is displayed about
>>> what is going on ) and I never use it ( in spite of I am installing each
> release of it ) .
>> 
>> 
>> Another way to promote FreeBSD - show Solaris first. Yesterday just to
> look downloaded from oracle. Incredibly slow, no idea what's going on not
> only while installing but when trying to do anything and understand /etc/
> hierarchy. incredible slow mess - this is "the most advanced unix" from
> Oracle.
>> I prefer "less advanced" FreeBSD
>> 
> 
> Ridiculing other projects is not a great way to show superiority.

+1

Leave mudslinging to marketing and politicians :)..

-Garrett



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