Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:27:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: francisco@federation.addy.com, FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help me reply to Infoworld correspondent: what is diff between BSDI and FreeBSD? Message-ID: <19971126152732.21290@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199711260450.PAA02560@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 03:20:55PM %2B1030 References: <19971126144705.64183@lemis.com> <199711260450.PAA02560@word.smith.net.au>
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On Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 03:20:55PM +1030, Mike Smith wrote: >>>> I can prepare some little promo to send to him telling him about >>>> FreeBSD, but I want to answer his comment about BSDI vs FreeBSD. >>> >>> (much good stuff about the difference between free and commercial >>> omitted) >> >> Agreed, but that's not the point Francisco (or Eric) was making. >> What's the technical difference? > > I don't think that *is* the point. It's not "what is the technical > difference", but "what is the difference from the user's perspective". > > The average user doesn't give a damn about technical differences, they > want to know what it'll do for them. IMHO, that means stressing the > very different relationship that a FreeBSD user has with the OS > developers compared with that between a BSD/OS user and BSDi. We're getting off-topic here. Most users don't have a relationship with the developers, whether it's BSDI or FreeBSD. But maybe we should give Francisco the chance to decide what it is that Infoworld really want to know. Greg
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