From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 14 11:52:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA13086 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:52:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from general1.consumersedge.com (mail.personalogic.com [208.213.67.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12965 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 18:52:04 GMT (envelope-from dshanes@personalogic.com) Received: from SHANES by general1.consumersedge.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.0.1458.49) id 2PDPYH4C; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:52:55 -0700 Message-ID: <011801bd67d5$a67d81e0$1d43a8c0@shanes.personalogic.com> From: "David Shanes" To: , Cc: , "Greg Lehey" Subject: Re: Open Source Products Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 11:46:35 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Interesting idea... Not that a "FreeBSD for Dummies" book would not have any more information than Greg's book, but it *would* be in a more familiar format for the masses. I think that might really be a valid pursuit! David _____________________________________________________ David Shanes 7535 Metropolitan Drive dshanes@personalogic.com San Diego, CA 92108 Database Developer (619) 220-5800 x228 PersonaLogic, Inc. (619) 220-5899 (fax) http://www.PersonaLogic.com -----Original Message----- From: Don Wilde To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 12:19 AM Subject: Re: Open Source Products >Josef Grosch wrote: > >> Now, that is an interesting way to estimate ones installed base. I guess I >> was sleeping when this technique was discussed in my Probability and >> Statistics class in college. ;-) > >mmm, maybe that's the answer: spin out of control and hope enough people >write 'dummies' books to try to profit from your huge user base, >creating a huge hungry base of people who have to justify their $30 >books... GNU's Not UNIX... FreeBSD's Not Linux.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz >disconnect timeout. > >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