From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Nov 25 20:58:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA17737 for chat-outgoing; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:58:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA17725 for ; Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:57:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id PAA10812; Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:27:32 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19971126152732.21290@lemis.com> Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 15:27:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: francisco@federation.addy.com, FreeBSd Chat list Subject: Re: Help me reply to Infoworld correspondent: what is diff between BSDI and FreeBSD? References: <19971126144705.64183@lemis.com> <199711260450.PAA02560@word.smith.net.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84e In-Reply-To: <199711260450.PAA02560@word.smith.net.au>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Nov 26, 1997 at 03:20:55PM +1030 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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