From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 2 7:43: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (pns.wobline.de [212.68.68.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4637537B406; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 07:42:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from colt.ncptiddische.net (ppp-133.wobline.de [212.68.69.141]) by mcqueen.wolfsburg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/tw-20010821) with ESMTP id fA2FgfN30686; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:42:41 +0100 Received: from howie.ncptiddische.net (howie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.3]) by colt.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fA2FjB727736; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:45:12 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Received: from howie.ncptiddische.net (howie.ncptiddische.net [192.168.0.3]) by howie.ncptiddische.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fA2Fgjr00596; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:42:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from nils@tisys.org) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:42:45 +0100 (CET) From: Nils Holland To: Jeremiah Gowdy Cc: Paul Robinson , David Johnson , Brett Glass , , Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks In-Reply-To: <001f01c163ae$1f2ebaa0$aa00a8c0@cx443070b> Message-ID: <20011102163728.F588-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > FreeBSD makes a beautiful server, and I would use nothing else. But as a > desktop, if we resist emulating Microsoft in any way, it's only our loss. > Microsoft didn't become the king of the desktop by introducing some radical > design. They took the best crap out of the others and combined them to make > something people would use. Hmm, forcing computer manufacturers to install their system is what made them successful - not very much more. If you turn on your TV set and have a look at CNN, you should see what I mean... > You can argue that it was all business tactics and whatnot, but I > remember the lines of people fighting over copies of Windows 95 back > in the day. With many millons of dollars for marketing and a few easy psychological tricks, I could get people to throw away their current PC and make them buy an 8 bit machine with 64 KB of RAM instead. Of course, I would not talk about the bits and the RAM, but I'd talk about easy to use, I'd mention the words "total cost of ownership", maybe something like "standard" - yes, all that stuff that sounds good. A few good looking TV spots will be helpful too. And then, I'd present *myself* as the best marketing tool, just like Bill Gates is Microsoft's mascot now (we have a daemon, they have a Gates). Oh, would my 8 bit machine sell fine!!! Greetings Nils Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message