From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Feb 7 01:39:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA00563 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 01:39:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from one.net.au (lightgrey.one.net.au [203.17.224.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id BAA00556 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 01:39:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dunya@one.net.au) Received: (qmail 5464 invoked from network); 7 Feb 1999 09:39:38 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO fireball.2000.com.au) (203.101.39.157) by lightgrey.one.net.au with SMTP; 7 Feb 1999 09:39:38 -0000 Received: from localhost (dunya@localhost) by fireball.2000.com.au (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id MAA00366; Sun, 7 Feb 1999 12:15:01 +1100 (EST) Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 12:14:54 +1100 (EST) From: "Oben O. Candemir" Reply-To: "Oben O. Candemir" To: Brett Glass cc: W Gerald Hicks , marko@uk.radan.com, jcwells@u.washington.edu, tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Lets Endorse KDE Was: some slashdot thread In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990201113308.04678240@mail.lariat.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > At 11:33 AM 2/1/99 -0500, W Gerald Hicks wrote: > > >Is it really that important to attract a horde of whiny > >Windows users into FreeBSD? > > Actually, yes. FreeBSD is now seen as having faded into > insignificance as Linux gathers steam. And folks who > don't understand WHY that's happened are assuming that > it must be inferior in quality. FreeBSD is getting > slammed unfairly, and the core team isn't getting the > credit and respect it deserves for its hard, high > quality work. > > The way to fix this *is* to broaden the user base. > > Don't worry that they'll overload the developers > with FAQs. The newbies will start to help one another. > It's happened elsewhere. > Excellent appraisal Brett. I liken it to a great and beautiful monument that is built off the beaten track. If you can't get visitors to come and look at it then was it worth building it? To the builders, possibly yes; to the world at large, ... O Candemir -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBNrzpFFgX7vvUHVY9AQGSqAf+Oy8I0Wm5oWSDm6rlfO1l76eH7qw6wSAz f0NyHGIm4DBvEaAyS/Z6xjXc43oxOFbg6ZPO+Hm11/Kah9iQhnNIQ0zzXGMCqy/l On6LBIGMa1oPKUurt17D4omxjuX0/S35PwkvfhkJR+fu0LyGuObW44E7Cu2nOpxE VlFLROjW6JcFgLbZk9aAxoYD+ku/JKgB0f/n38i0ZtJ6azn8SQUPIepEVhfG7Ow3 IftdPRUZB+cdDpf1MJ2tc0RviU9zPuEwOIYTBspGBGOcKmY6ty5ITAsctgLIIfzR JfMXzXU1ONmDreFEmipjyTxzQRs8OpM0pCCvn7RVB0n5WE8NNtoO4A== =wIRM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message