Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:03:45 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell <rsm@acm.org> To: dg@root.com Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enough already! (was Re: Netscape browser) Message-ID: <19990324210345.06372@goatsucker.org> In-Reply-To: <199903232218.OAA22207@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 02:18:58PM -0800 References: <19990323111945.51440@goatsucker.org> <199903232218.OAA22207@implode.root.com>
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On Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 02:18:58PM -0800, David Greenman wrote: > >On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 06:20:49PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > >> It looks as if any attempt to spur advocacy for, or promotion of, FreeBSD > >> is doomed to failure in this group. No wonder FreeBSD is falling into > >> obscurity while Linux crushes everything in sight. > > > >One might argue that "FreeBSD is falling into obscurity" because we all -- > >with a few notable exceptions -- sit around here bitching about it rather > >than doing anything to remedy the situation. And Brett, you're as guilty > >of all talk, no action as anybody; witness the amount of effort you've put > >into this thread, repeating the same arguments a million times. > > I don't see how anyone can credibly argue that FreeBSD, an operating system > that is still growing its userbase exponentially each year, is "falling into > obscurity". I just don't see that in the numbers - quite the opposite, > actually. > > -DG > > David Greenman > Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project Eeek! I hope you didn't think I was trying to argue that....just noting that that's the impression you'd get after three days of wading through this thread :( I see no evidence that FreeBSD is going to curl up its toes and die anytime soon. Apologies for any confusion caused there. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just <scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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