From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sun May 9 17:24:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from ontario.mooseriver.com (ontario.mooseriver.com [208.138.31.116]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB9D115018 for ; Sun, 9 May 1999 17:24:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch@ontario.mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by ontario.mooseriver.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id RAA02304; Sun, 9 May 1999 17:21:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch) Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 17:21:47 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: Jonathan Lemon Cc: jgrosch@MooseRiver.com, advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [svlug] *sigh* (fwd) Message-ID: <19990509172147.A2226@ontario.mooseriver.com> Reply-To: jgrosch@MooseRiver.com References: <199905071723.MAA14492@free.pcs> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199905071723.MAA14492@free.pcs>; from Jonathan Lemon on Fri, May 07, 1999 at 12:23:45PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, May 07, 1999 at 12:23:45PM -0500, Jonathan Lemon wrote: [ DELETED ] > >> The reason we had to go with RedHat was because that is what > >> Oracle will oficially support. Not Debian. Not SuSE. Not FreeBSD (the > >> other Linux distribution). > > > >Dummy question number 4 at an Install-A-Thon, "Is this a Linux distribution" > > Marketing answer: > "Yes, it most certainly is! In fact, it will run your > Linux applications faster than RedHat! As an additional > bonus, we also have an extensive collection of software called > ``ports'', which is specially designed for this distribution!" You're hired. You can help work the next Install-A-Thon. You job is to handle the clueless newbies. ;-) Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.1 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message