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Jerry McAllister wrote:
>>Matthias Buelow writes:
>>
>>
>>>And your point is..?
>>
>>I can see that FreeBSD marketing has a long way to go.
> 
> 
> To where?    FreeBSD is not marketed in any particular way - on purpose.  
> No one wants to do it, so no one will do it.
> 
> ////jerry
> 

I want to, and frequently do, market FreeBSD.
I can tell you that the website and the community is not much help 
when trying to sell FreeBSD to the un-enlightened. When trying to sell 
it in commercial companies boardrooms, I make damn sure not to mention 
Beastie and usually never even show them the official webpage.

--
R