From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Apr 12 21:12:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA26658 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:12:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mooseriver.com (dynamic13.pm07.sf3d.best.com [209.24.235.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA26653 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:12:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by mooseriver.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id VAA07371; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:12:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980412211215.43655@mooseriver.com> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:12:15 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: Brett Glass Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New name? Reply-To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com References: <199804130313.VAA06062@lariat.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <199804130313.VAA06062@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 09:13:20PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 09:13:20PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > I think that, a substantial number of messages ago, someone messages > the possibility of a name change that made FreeBSD sound less "cheap." > What sort of image would a new name project? Perhaps an aura of > quality -- such as "BSD Professional?" (This would also suggest that > professionals support it. > Having a version of FreeBSD labeled "BSD Professional" or "BSD Office" or whatever would be helpful. Most suit types have a problem with a system labeled free anything. Of course, pointing out that the Solaris or HP/UX system that they just paid big bucks for contains lots of freeware like DNS, sendmail, elm, X, emacs, etc. does not make points with them. However, if they ever figure out that "BSD Office" is in fact FreeBSD just tell them we renamed it for marketing reasons. They should be able to dig that. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.5 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message