Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 21:12:44 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@argus> To: nate@rocky.mt.sri.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial vendors registry Message-ID: <199704150212.VAA09903@argus> In-Reply-To: <199704150155.UAA09851@argus> from "Mail Delivery Subsystem" at Apr 14, 97 08:55:42 pm
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In reply: > > > Linux is more available for users, and a lot of its users have no > > > clue, how to use it. > > > > Ugh. I take exception here. It sounds like you are claiming Linux > > users mostly come from installations of CDROM's from bookstores, instead > > of from the net. Net availability is equal, if different. > > Actually, I'd agree with that statement. *MOST* Linux users install > from CDROMS. If it weren't that way I'd argue that Linux would not be > as popular as it is, since their network installations are just > recently as easy as the FreeBSD installation. They essentially copies > the FreeBSD install to do network installations. ditto... putting the cd-roms on the shelves of computers-r-us(tm) is what got lin[s]ux it's biggest user base... try to find FreeBSD anywhere... you'll find lin[s]ux cds in 99 out of 100 computer/software stores though, every mall in america... not doing this was a big marketing mistake on behalf of FreeBSD... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@tfs.net - KC5VDJ 2-meter, 70cm - KPC-3 Plus packet capable
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