From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Apr 12 21:33:46 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA29910 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:33:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from out5.ibm.net (out5.ibm.net [165.87.194.245]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA29902 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:33:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwilde1@ibm.net) Received: from ibm.net (slip-32-100-79-24.ca.us.ibm.net [32.100.79.24]) by out5.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id EAA30854; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 04:33:35 GMT Message-ID: <353195BB.CF72D4E4@ibm.net> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:34:03 -0700 From: Don Wilde Reply-To: dwilde1@ibm.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Pawlak CC: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Promoting FreeBSD - the user's piece of the action. References: <199804130217.VAA02346@darkstar.connect.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Frank Pawlak wrote: > As for me, my background has primarily been in project management, > consulting, and tangible and intangible sales all in computer related > activities. I am self taught in UNIX and by no means an expert. Thus I > am volunteering to work as one of the coordinators of project > positioning or what the hell ever we end up calling this phase of the > project. > > Jordan, I understand that you are very busy, but I think that we'll > need you as an informal advisor at least untill we get on our feet on > the ground a little bit. Your name fills the slot as the project PR > guy and am sure you have strong feelings as to project direction, image > etc., so I defer to you on some of these issues. I have read the > information on the project from the web site and have a feel for some > of this stuff. I would invite all volunteers, especially those > writting press releases and advertising things to digest this and pass > it on to those people that you are working with. > > Appears to me that there are many issues that need to be addressed > before we go running off half cocked an waisting motion through > duplication of effort and so forth. At this point we have resources: > our time, a top notch develop team, the best version of UNIX -- oops > sorry SCO I didn't say that -- and a web site with much good > information, and there are commercial publications devoted to Berkeley > UNIX and greg's The Complete FreeBSD. And these incredible mailing lists. Usenet is a zoo, but these -- I think -- are the key to FreeBSD's success. Start a freebsd-plug@freebsd.org list, and maybe Jordan and DG and some of the other core guys can give us some insight as to how they run core from all over the world. > > There are legal and private entities that we have to interface with. I > believe that FreeBSD is incorporated as is Walnut Creek CDROM We don;t I think it is very important for FreeBSD, Inc.'s incorporation to be switched to 501c3, not just so we who contribute can get a writeoff, but it's in a legal way kind of like releasing your source code. It's also a vehicle for encouraging _more_ contributions, perhaps providing more of what Greg's thinking of without promising anything except what we've got... the best thing in x86 computing. > Along with this I am asking those that have posted their ideas to come > forth and at least set out their skills inventory and what they can and > would like to do. Time commitments at this point at least are open to > your individual capabilities. I have retained your messages as some of > you had already appeard to commit to certain actions. That response is > extremely encouraging. > Awwww, gee. Big Bro da boss be watching. Yes, teacher, I wrote my assignment. > So far we have a great start. Yes we do need more help. You folks > that live in countries other than the United States your help is > especially important. You will be helping the FreeBSD project that is > true, but you will also be spreading the word to your countryman who > hunger for technology, that FreeBSD is the best platform to use to > learn system software, provide internet access service, and as a > development platform. Documentation on how to install and setup an > operating system needs to be written in native languages. Your efforts > will improve the lives of people all over the world through helping > them to obtain and learn to use modern technology. Guys like Ruslan and Amancio and so many others add a life to this project that I see makes it one of the best things America has _ever_ done for the world. And it has nothing to do with the government!!! It no longer belongs to America. It is of the world. Don To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message