Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 18:01:34 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: toor@dyson.iquest.net (John S. Dyson) Cc: brett@lariat.org, mike@smith.net.au, dshanes@personalogic.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fw: Your Article "Freeware: The Heart & Soul of the Internet" Message-ID: <199804100101.SAA14824@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199804092221.RAA02226@dyson.iquest.net> from "John S. Dyson" at "Apr 9, 98 05:21:28 pm"
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John S. Dyson wrote: > Brett Glass wrote: > > If there is not an exceedingly strong effort to promote FreeBSD as superior > > to Linux, Linux -- which has a larger installed base -- will be catapulted > > to a dominant position while FreeBSD will see no noticeable increase in > > its user base or its popularity. FreeBSD needs to have a few "zealots" and > > "evangelists" -- just as Linux does -- to stubbornly insist that > > FreeBSD be included in every forum where Linux is discussed. It also needs > > some calmer proponents to take up the slack. Perhaps a new slot on the > > core team -- "Chief Evangelist" -- is in order. > > > The problem with FreeBSD, is that people working on FreeBSD are generally > older, and find evangelism to be painful. Also, people using FreeBSD > are busy using it, as opposed to worshipping it. > > How do we (really) deal with this? evangelism is a full-time plus overtime job with lots of travel, lumpy beds, lousy food and irritating people. you gotta be crazy and well paid to do it. a volunteer "Chief Evangelist" would hvae to be indepentently weathly. anyone wanna volunteer? jmb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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