From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Jan 25 18:53:46 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33BFE37B401 for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 18:53:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from priv-edtnes62.telusplanet.net (outbound01.telus.net [199.185.220.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7062343E4A for ; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 18:53:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pfak@telus.net) Received: from [192.168.1.179] ([216.232.36.68]) by priv-edtnes62.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.5.01.05.17 201-253-122-126-117-20021021) with ESMTP id <20030126025344.OGSF1598.priv-edtnes62.telusplanet.net@[192.168.1.179]>; Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:53:44 -0700 Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0 PR is not very good... From: Peter Kieser To: Terry Lambert Cc: Alexandr Kovalenko , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <3E330F58.A9B3CC33@mindspring.com> References: <20030125062732.GA92204@nevermind.kiev.ua> <1043517532.651.1.camel@sharpie> <3E330F58.A9B3CC33@mindspring.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1043549638.651.11.camel@sharpie> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.0 Date: 25 Jan 2003 18:53:58 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Was searching through the archives and found this: "With version 5 coming up, we have a great chance to get people to look at FreeBSD, and to get a lot of positive press. We'd be fools to let that chance pass by." Well, I guess we are fools, we already let that chance go, and alot of people are looking at this release as the release that failed. On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 14:27, Terry Lambert wrote: > Peter Kieser wrote: > > Heck, I can't even get a FreeBSD 4.5 box where I live. In BC, Canada. > > I'd love to see it in the stores, I'd surely buy it if at all possible. > > You need to talk to the reformulated Walnut Creek CDROM; also, > please do not confuse "Sales" with "Marketing". On of the worst > mistakes you can make, if you are a startup, is to lump them > together while you are trying for funding. > > -- Terry -- Peter Kieser pfak@telus.net () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ - against microsoft attachments To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message