From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 17 0:23:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rgate.ricochet.net (rgate1.ricochet.net [204.179.143.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD48214DA8 for ; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:23:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from boshea@ricochet.net) Received: from beastie.localdomain (mg128-016.ricochet.net [204.179.128.16]) by rgate.ricochet.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA20272; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 02:21:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from brian@localhost) by beastie.localdomain (8.8.8/8.8.7) id AAA07800; Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:31:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian) Message-ID: <19990417003104.H2844@localdomain> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:31:04 -0700 From: "Brian O'Shea" To: geoff@mccabe.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Some in the press stuff References: <000101be8838$6abe6000$5600000a@mccabe.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <000101be8838$6abe6000$5600000a@mccabe.com>; from Geoffrey Atkinson on Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 02:39:10PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Apr 16, 1999 at 02:39:10PM -0400, Geoffrey Atkinson wrote: > A melancholy look at like with Linux living next door... > > http://www.upside.com/Down_the_Toilet/ > > Also, why is there no mention of the sci-fi flick "The Matrix" being done > with FreeBSD? I would think that such an accomplishment using FreeBSD would > be trumpeted quite loudly...... > The article did mention FreeBSD's role in the making of "The Matrix" at the very end of the first page (mostly with reference to Jordan's desire to see news like this get into the news media). However I did not get the feeling that the author's primary motivation for writing the article was FreeBSD advocacy. After all, we're featured in a column called "Down the Toilet". Admittedly, this is the first time I have ever read news stories at this site and I have no basis for my opinion other than my first impression, however from the sound of the first page of the article, you'd think that all we did was sit around and complain about the success of Linux all night long. That's simply not true! Bob Bruce of Walnut Creek CDROM gave an excellent talk about his company and FreeBSD's involvement with it; Jordan Hubbard attended and he graciously answered our questions about the direction of FreeBSD (even my annoying questions). It was a great meeting. The second page of the article was much more fair. Too bad I didn't notice it until I had already written half of this rant! I have to agree with Josef Grosch that we as a group need to get off our butts and promote FreeBSD more. I accept this criticism of myself wholeheartedly. There's a great article in DaemonNews at http://www.daemonnews.org/199904/donation.html about supporting free software projects. Maybe it's my Catholic upbringing that makes this guilt-style motivation effective, but if you can get past that, there are some great suggestions here. -brian -- Brian O'Shea boshea@ricochet.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message