From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Jun 2 21:17:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.atl.bellsouth.net (mail1.atl.bellsouth.net [205.152.0.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 054C414E0F for ; Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:17:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wghicks@bellsouth.net) Received: from wghicks.bellsouth.net (host-209-214-71-61.atl.bellsouth.net [209.214.71.61]) by mail1.atl.bellsouth.net (8.8.8-spamdog/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA16461; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 00:15:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from wghicks (wghicks@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wghicks.bellsouth.net (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id AAA00679; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 00:19:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net) Message-Id: <199906030419.AAA00679@bellsouth.net> To: Robert Withrow Cc: mike@smith.net.au, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net Subject: Re: Kernel config script In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Jun 1999 07:12:05 EDT." <199906011112.HAA01994@spooky.rwwa.com> Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 00:19:59 -0400 From: W Gerald Hicks Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [to advocacy] Rober Withrow said: : : mike@smith.net.au said: : :- there are certain classes of users that it's in our interests _not_ : :- to attract. : : So, Mike, when will you be issuing the official FreeBSD Qualification Test : (FQT), and issuing a License to Use FreeBSD (LUF)? : : Sheesh! :-( The sarcasm wasn't really helpful was it? Actually, some certification program may be useful to help advance FreeBSD. Sorry, I agree with Mike here. IMHO, the major thrust of FreeBSD's marketing efforts should continue to be directed toward competent computer professionals, at least for now. It's more exciting (to me at least) when -core and the top developers of FreeBSD concentrate on architectural and system features which help attract first-rate developer talent. The time for marketing to the mainstream will come but jumping the gun and bringing hordes of whiny illiterates onto the backs of the FreeBSD developers right now will only serve to impede progress toward that goal. That said, FreeBSD is a wonderful system for newbies and pros alike. It helps to have a competent professional around for help but I've seen quite a few totally green users suceed too. Quite often, they succeed simply because they have good manners and are polite when asking for help. The kind of user who won't read, can't formulate a coherent question or submit a useful bug report is a parasitic burden and (IMHO) should not be coaxed away from what they are currently using, _unless_ it's FreeBSD. Cheers, Jerry Hicks wghicks@bellsouth.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message