Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 02:37:55 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: "Mikhail A. Sokolov" <mishania@demos.su> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New name? Message-ID: <199804150937.CAA12639@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:33:22 %2B0400." <19980413213322.42076@demos.su>
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The name FreeBSD means that is hard for "Corporate America" to accept. In a capitalistic society free is consider evil. I can see a college enthusiast with no business sense coining the term FreeBSD. Amancio > On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 11:25:47AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > # At 09:15 PM 4/13/98 +0400, Mikhail A. Sokolov wrote: > # >But won't calling products with names, which include *BSD* lead to people > # >will flounder (?) two products, the one from FreeBSD Inc., and another, > # >from BSDi? I mean names like 'BSD Gold', 'BSD Housewife-2000 Eleet'? > # > # Not if the names indicate the purpose and positioning of the product. > # If this is done, it actually makes it easier for end users to sort > # things out. > > What's wrong with the 'FreeBSD for Little'/'FreeBSD for Housewives' than? > Why BSD? The name "FreeBSD" indicates one of the main of [political] > differencies from other BSD derived OS's, afaiu. And it was known (not very > good, as we can see now) for years. Hence, we could just release different > versions with "FreeBSD" string in it's names, right? > > # --Brett Glass > > -- > -mishania > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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