From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 21 17:41:04 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A57F416A41C for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:41:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from liamfoy@sepulcrum.org) Received: from moutvdomng.kundenserver.de (moutvdom.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.249]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5815943D49 for ; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:41:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from liamfoy@sepulcrum.org) Received: from [212.227.126.224] (helo=mrvdomng.kundenserver.de) by moutvdomng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Dkmk7-0001He-00; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:40:59 +0200 Received: from host217-43-38-230.range217-43.btcentralplus.com ([217.43.38.230] helo=localhost) by mrvdomng.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1Dkmk7-0005b2-00; Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:40:59 +0200 Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:40:53 +0100 From: "Liam J. Foy" To: Fafa Hafiz Krantz Message-ID: <20050621174053.GB667@anarion> References: <20050620094909.184064BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050620094909.184064BEAD@ws1-1.us4.outblaze.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Explaining FreeBSD features X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:41:04 -0000 On Mon(20)/Jun/05 - , Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > > Hello. > > I am curious why it's so difficult to get a simple and straight > forward list of FreeBSD's features, that normal people can understand? > > I am trying to write one of the largest articles ever to be published > on www.PCWorld.no -- to only say good things about FreeBSD. But I want > it clear what good things to say. Will this large article reach a large audience? =) > > http://www.freebsd.org/features.html is alright, but not the best. > Using super-advanced jargons, it says what they are, but not what they do. > At least not in a way normal people can understand. > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/unix/ aims more towards the general > public, and does the job a little better. How ever they don't even > mention half of FreeBSD's features. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/bsd_flier.html is very, very good. > I get the feeling though, that it ain't like that no more. > > Any idea, people? > > Thanks! > > -- > > Fafa Hafiz Krantz > Research Designer @ http://www.bleed.no > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- - Liam J. Foy liamfoy@sepulcrum.org