Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 07:40:17 +0200 (SAST) From: Justin Stanford <jus@security.za.net> To: Dan Langille <dan@langille.org> Cc: "Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Talking to a Linux user group about FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110310739540.17108-100000@athena.za.net> In-Reply-To: <3BDEF8E5.11351.68C09E8@localhost>
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Dan, If at all possible could you put up a copy of your notes/speech/slides/etc on the Internet? Thank you kindly, Justin -- Justin Stanford Internet/Network Security & Solutions Consultant 4D Digital Security http://www.4dds.co.za Cell: (082) 7402741 E-Mail: jus@security.za.net PGP Key: http://www.security.za.net/jus-pgp-key.txt On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Dan Langille wrote: > On 30 Oct 2001 at 15:52, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Dan Langille wrote: > > > > > I won't know when, but I'm going to be giving a talk about FreeBSD > > > to a local Linux group. Included will be a demo install. With luck, > > > > > Here are some of the points I'll cover (I've given this very little > > > thought so far). > > > > Also, consider sharing the similarities. Explain that "open source" and > > Unix does not mean "Linux". Show X, vnc, konqueror, netscape, gnumeric and > > other applications that look and act the same. > > A very good point. I suspect they'll find that the simlarities give them > more reason to try FreeBSD than the differences. There's nothing like > knowing you'll still have your favourite app available to you. If it > wasn't available, that's just a reason NOT to try FreeBSD. > > Thank you. > -- > Dan Langille > The FreeBSD Diary - http://freebsddiary.org/ - practical examples > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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