From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Sep 1 15:50:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA10890 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 15:50:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA10884 for ; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 15:50:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA03985; Tue, 1 Sep 1998 15:49:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) To: Garance A Drosihn cc: aiarbuckle@naxs.com, reyesf@newsguy.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Suggestion for new list In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 01 Sep 1998 16:26:16 EDT." Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 15:49:28 -0700 Message-ID: <3981.904690168@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have mixed feelings about this idea. I can understand that it > probably would help freebsd to make sure press-people don't trip > up over something simple. On the other hand, in some sense that > results in a "false review" of freebsd. They would be reviewing > "freebsd with special access to top-notch help", while other users > would read the reviews and then have to settle for "freebsd with > generic help". Erm, I hate to burst your bubble but a very high percentage of commercial evaluations are done with direct access to tech support people. If you read enough of them in detail, you'll find references like: "We had a little trouble at first, but so-and-so and Sun was a great help in explaining how to configure ..." - this especially goes for the hardware reviews, where the manufacturer in question knows that their stuff's about to be benchmarked and always includes a few telephone numbers and email addresses along with the equipment. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message