From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 14 14: 8: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.alpha.net.au (mail2.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 775F937B809 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 14:07:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dannyh@idx.com.au) Received: from freebsd.freebsd.org (surry-pool-164.alpha.net.au [203.41.44.164] (may be forged)) by mail.alpha.net.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA22280; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:08:27 +1100 From: Danny To: Peter Lee Subject: RE: FreeBSD showcase in ITExpo 2000 in Australia"? Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:07:01 +1100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.21] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <9E60304A5CE2D211ADF80008C728CE7198A35B@S_SVNT4_EXCH01> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00031609110704.00323@freebsd.freebsd.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Yes I know, Definety have to educate the vendor community and end users. On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Peter Lee wrote: > I was very surprised to see any FreeBSD at all. When I noted the FreeBSD > boxes at the Netmax counter, the guy looked really sheepish and said "sorry, > we didn't have any of the Linux variety boxes when we were setting up the > stand so we had to put up FreeBSD version boxes instead". It appears as > though we need to educate the vendor community just as much, if not more, > than the end-users. > > I agree with you, it was quite disappointing to see so much hoopla over > Linux and nothing over FreeBSD. I felt like dragging my notebook out and > setting up my own FreeBSD stand next to the guys handing out the free Linux > t-shirts. > > Speaking of which, didn't I cop it when I wore that shirt around here - I > work for a Microsoft partner ;-) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Danny [mailto:dannyh@idx.com.au] > > Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2000 9:47 AM > > To: Greg Lehey; Rafael Gomez > > Cc: FreeBSD Questions > > Subject: FreeBSD showcase in ITExpo 2000 in Australia"? > > > > > > - Went to the IT Expo and found out there was :- > > > > 1 copy of FreeBSD 3.4 and 4 copies of NetMax Fileservers for > > FreeBSD the others > > are Turbo Linux, Corel Linux, SGI Linux., RedHat Linux > > > > - In my University > > > > 2 IT students using FreeBSD and 1/3 of the final year IT > > students use Linux > > RedHat > > > > Not much people are aware of BSD > > > > I suggest to promote FreeBSD in Australia and around the > > world what we should > > try and do is get: - > > > > Have FreeBSD showcases at the ITExpos in Australia and around > > the world to > > promote FreeBSD. > > > > Looking forward to yuour feedback. > > > > dannyh > > > > dannyh@idx.com.au > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > Website: http://www.sunrise.com.au > > Pollak Partners Sunrise, Sunrise Computer Systems, Recruitment@Sunrise > > This e-mail may contain information which represents the views of the > sender and not necessarily those of Sunrise Computer Systems and > associated business groups. This information is confidential and > intended for the addressee only. Please advise Sunrise if you have received > this e-mail in error. > Virus protection is in place at Sunrise, however virus protection remains > the responsibility of the recipient. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message