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Subject: Re: Assuming We Want FreeBSD to Grow: Who Is It For?
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:50:33 +0100, Anthony Atkielski
<atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> How many Porsches would dealers sell if all they talked about was how
> they can be used as SUVs?  And how many SUVs would dealers sell if all
> they talked about was how they could be used as racing cars?

It's a really bad argument. Porsche sells SUVs : the Cayenne. And it
uses many components of a traditionnal Porsche 911.

> Servers are more important than desktops.

FreeBSD can be viable for many tasks, there's no sense to dismiss one
of them. We must show people that it can be used efficiently in
different ways. BTW, servers are useless without clients.

Please stop launching those stupid trolls, that sure doesn't help
FreeBSD advocacy.