From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 22 16:07:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F8921065670 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:07:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifikhan@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.224]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70ED68FC17 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:07:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from saifikhan@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id f6so1663800rvb.43 for ; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:07:44 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=DApXfZhiOEkt4t4ThPxLwmmNt3NgQdnEVuwXJAkDFXY=; b=Qu7/zY0BrmX3ZRx9oUPS6dY22AjuBQGeTcJoXH40f3/q5mDCq6dueZLcWLly8AxPU+ jSyGj1DzMYkxDxxqTcNU++ftU9LyU9CeqW/166ddTfyRo/7zyAs1PJx60LtymUxl/ZGw LEXDPd2o0uYMP2B5uEdmQlJuONi7KWV/xPnqI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=ba0MFcKTNZTdfQdR9J53+lFWJgKA4d0iqj2SDvnkwr4bWxFBkZ9cwTVVXVjpg8rqJ+ qTZzbI3z72xxyiFpjaCyZgh2CBFyTZCysVTkEk7/ACrT7LlS4rzUZM7wIEep4TApCHNq zSkbnpKd9l3fUmdyW3+gn3VsR/MoD+n2LlCa8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: saifikhan@gmail.com Received: by 10.140.136.5 with SMTP id j5mr1571552rvd.39.1235318864171; Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:07:44 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20090222164905.K65506@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <9ef7e7380902220154t74657d52uc9497c77672b79f8@mail.gmail.com> <9a52b1190902220711u65e38320t97ca56547bef246d@mail.gmail.com> <20090222164905.K65506@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:07:44 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: f091139bcc9696ab Message-ID: <9a52b1190902220807w42ca789frf30e745378522556@mail.gmail.com> From: Saifi Khan To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: GrimJow Espada , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hi X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:07:44 -0000 On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> FreeBSD popularity will be affected if the big cats (ie. networking >> companies) continue to ""not contribute"" back the > > this will affect their sales - FreeBSD user will simply buy network card > from another manufacturer. > How a "new" user becomes a FreeBSD user ? by buying network cards all the time ? The existing users provide continuity not growth. To be popular FreeBSD needs growth. Growth comes from new users ! Do you see my point ? >> Does anybody know where FreeBSD (in particular) (NetBSD and OpenBSD) >> is headed ? What is the road map ? > > i wish the same as is now. STABLE & FAST unix-type operating environment. > Does anybody know where FreeBSD is headed ? -- thanks Saifi.