Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 22:24:48 +0200 From: Arjan van Leeuwen <avleeuwen@piwebs.com> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: GB <gbrooks@BLUE-MOUSE.COM> Subject: Re: Answering the Questions (was Re: FreeBSD PR (long, rambling -- bear with me)) Message-ID: <200209162224.48622.avleeuwen@piwebs.com> In-Reply-To: <20020916084359.B20974@blackhelicopters.org> References: <20020913143941.A2346@blackhelicopters.org> <006c01c25b71$9adf6940$6e01a8c0@CITYMOUSE> <20020916084359.B20974@blackhelicopters.org>
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> > * What are we out in front on? Linux has a foothold in the corporate > > I.T. world, OpenBSD has security and NetBSD has portability. What's o= ur > > niche? Related question: Out of this niche and our identified strengt= hs, > > what's our "elevator story?" (The 1-2 minute spiel what says what > > FreeBSD is, why it's good and why it matters.) > > We are the "friendly BSD". Stability, performance and security? I think FreeBSD is more versatile th= an=20 the other BSD's (hope I'm not offending anyone here), and should thus be=20 marketed as a versatile operating system. Our main points of focus should= be=20 stability and security, as those things are very important to a lot of pe= ople=20 making decisions about operating systems. The comparison to Linux can be divided in the license issues, the fact th= at we=20 have one OS (instead of many distributions) that is also easier to upgrad= e &=20 maintain, and stability. > > > > * Professionally formatted white paper comparing FreeBSD-based soluti= ons > > to Windows/Linux in various situations. > > These would be excellent tools for systems administrators seeking to > use FreeBSD. I have a presentation (OpenOffice Impress format) at my work to convince=20 companies to use FreeBSD on their servers and / or workstations, which ta= lks=20 about FreeBSD vs. Windows and, to a lesser extent, about FreeBSD vs. Linu= x. I=20 have to ask permission first to make it publicly available, but if you wa= nt=20 it, I'm sure I can get it. Arjan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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