Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 14:47:07 -0600 (CST) From: ferovick@runner.jpl.utsa.edu (David C Ferovick) To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A "FreeBSD" Daemon Message-ID: <9503242047.AA17184@runner.utsa.edu> In-Reply-To: <15025.796069393@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Mar 24, 95 10:23:13 am
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> > > I agree. Out of the three, I would say "NetBSD" has the nicest ring > > to it. "FreeBSD" and "Linux" don't have that "professional" sound to > > them. I suppose you could go around telling everyone not to judge a book > > by its cover, but it would be easier just to come up with a nicer cover. :) > > I'd say we've already got far too much brand identification with the old > name. Trying to change it now, after almost 2 years, would be hellish. > No thank you! :-) > > Jordan > It would be hellish, but I am sure that you could gain alot from it. I have had three different chances to run FreeBSD on systems in the past, to support a commercial userbase, and each time I was forced to choose NetBSD or BSDI instead, because the people involved didn't think it was a good idea to run a OS with the word 'Free' in it when you are charging people to use it.. I'm sure this argument is much more widespread than just the three incidents I am talking about. Dave Ferovick
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