From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 2 14: 4:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 885) id 426FB37B40A; Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:04:21 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:04:21 -0800 From: Eric Melville To: Nils Holland Cc: Jeremiah Gowdy , Paul Robinson , David Johnson , Brett Glass , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <20011102140421.B37684@FreeBSD.org> References: <001f01c163ae$1f2ebaa0$aa00a8c0@cx443070b> <20011102163728.F588-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20011102163728.F588-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net>; from nils@tisys.org on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 04:42:45PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > With many millons of dollars for marketing and a few easy psychological > tricks, I could get people to throw away their current PC and make them > buy an 8 bit machine with 64 KB of RAM instead. Of course, I would not > talk about the bits and the RAM, but I'd talk about easy to use, I'd > mention the words "total cost of ownership", maybe something like > "standard" - yes, all that stuff that sounds good. A few good looking TV > spots will be helpful too. And then, I'd present *myself* as the best > marketing tool, just like Bill Gates is Microsoft's mascot now (we have a > daemon, they have a Gates). Oh, would my 8 bit machine sell fine!!! Eight is boring. Use a prime. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message