From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu Nov 5 23:13:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA26739 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:13:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from the.oneinsane.net (the.oneinsane.net [207.113.133.228]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA26732 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:13:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from insane@the.oneinsane.net) Received: (from insane@localhost) by the.oneinsane.net (8.9.0/8.9.0) id XAA16189 for advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:12:58 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <19981105231258.A15866@oneinsane.net> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 23:12:58 -0800 From: "Ron 'The Insane One' Rosson" To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux "best of breed?" Reply-To: insane@oneinsane.net References: <27114.910316233@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Doug Russell on Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 10:46:57PM -0700 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD the.oneinsane.net 2.2.7-STABLE X-Opinion: What you read here is my IMHO X-Disclaimer: I am a firm believer in RTFM X-WWW: http://www.oneinsane.net Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I would love to have a couple of FreeBSD posters of Chuck, One at home and a fedw in the office. Where can I get some good ones ;-) TTYL Ron On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 10:46:57PM -0700, Doug Russell wrote: > > On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > To put it another way, if people devoted themselves to the process of > > conducting their own advocacy efforts with the same energies I've seen > > them devote to freaking out about Linux's own efforts or screaming > > about falling chunks of sky, we'd have the BSD daemon on the cover of > > Time Magazine by now. > > Amen! > > Please, everyone. When you have an idea, no matter how small or > insignificant it may seem. GO FOR IT. We must. We MUST! > > I'm in the process of drawing up some signs and banners to put in out > reception area at the office. I'm ordering some CDs from Walnut Creek to > have right there for all those who walk in our door and ask "What on earth > is THAT?!". Well, my friends. Say hello to the Daemon. :) > > Even the little things help. Even if it's a FreeBSD poster you put on > your office wall, or a sticker on your car, or whatever you can think of. > > Write an article. Talk to your local news stations! Go have a chat with > your friendly neighborhood computer book store. Run an ad in your local > paper. School paper. University free classified ads. Start a users > group. > > I should have dressed as a daemon for Halloween..... > > EVERY BIT HELPS. > > Do it. Do it. Do it! > > Later...... > > ps: Sorry, Nike. :) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Rosson ... and a UNIX user said ... The InSaNe One rm -rf * insane@oneinsane.net and all was null and void ------------------------------------------------------------------- It's so nice to be insane, nobody asks you to explain. [----------------------------System Info---------------------------] 11:11PM up 23:52, 3 users, load averages: 0.51, 0.68, 0.68 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message