Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 23:38:54 -0500 From: Larry Sica <lomion@mac.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@online.fr>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dillon@'s commit bit: I object Message-ID: <BB76CFEA-38C3-11D7-9713-000393A335A2@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20030204213017.027f7d40@localhost>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday, February 4, 2003, at 11:32 PM, Brett Glass wrote: > At 08:41 PM 2/4/2003, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > >> I don't agree with your statements about lack of commercialisation is >> the fault of a lack of advocacy. > > It is. Look at the activities of Bruce Perens, ESR, etc.; > they were vital to the corporate adoption of Linux. > >> Linux DID get a head start - IMHO that is the leading cause. > > As the dot-com bust showed, the "first-mover advantage" is > overrated. FreeBSD is STILL being hobbled by poor advocacy. > One must differentiate between what good and poor advocacy is. There is also the idea that there is no such thing as bad press. A marketing firm i worked for would generate press many manyt ways, some good, some bad. The main thing i got though was it is all about relationships with outlets that can market ones product. That is where any advocacy would need to be focused. Do things to get noticed, good things, bad things. Not bad enough to turn everyone off, just enough to get your name out. That is sleazy tho imho, and i didn't like the idea. But the point was, to be noticed you have to want to be. Linux did, FreeBSD didn't really, not like Linux did at least. I'd say it isnt really advocates freebsd but good, solid, positive marketing. And there is a difference. One is perceived as evangelical, one is not. - --Larry > --Brett Glass > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 (Build 349) Beta iQA/AwUBPkCVY+eV8VtPCL3dEQIbIwCfb5vs/6zg1apY/VDuImjAHhnYgNoAn1T3 K6RrfMu8Vf7SUENBiouRx7gi =fiCh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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