Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:05:59 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net> To: dpilgrim@uswest.net (Nocturne) Cc: toor@dyson.iquest.net, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Active advocacy [Was: Re: Guess we've lost the server market too...?] Message-ID: <199903032005.PAA01405@y.dyson.net> In-Reply-To: <36DCD2FF.5F47940D@uswest.net> from Nocturne at "Mar 2, 99 10:13:19 pm"
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Nocturne said: > "John S. Dyson" wrote: > > > You should have recommended FreeBSD, and when his friends start > > > asking, try to get them to switch. Your actions follow suit > > > with the lack of advocacy you're complaining about. Sheeple > > > logic doesn't work. > > > > > I care more about my Dad not getting frustrated than I do > > about FreeBSD. Maybe he doesn't want to be a pioneer (which > > he doesn't.) Each problem needs a different solution, and > > there are still cases where I would tell a friend to use > > WinNT, because I care about them. To me, it is an issue of > > honesty, and support. > > Had you recommended FreeBSD, and he had grown frustrated or shown a > lack of interest, you would have been able to say that you had at > least tried and offered. > And my Dad would go back to '95 or upgrade to the latest windows code. The barrier of having to be an island is sufficient to cause avoidance. Maybe he would install Linux, but he has a wife who also wants a really running system. Installing non-supported Linux apps isn't a pretty notion for an end user situation. > > Instead you made a judgment based on > perception, not real truth. > Sorry, but the real truth is the clique that he is involved in. As time goes on (in age), the need or desire to advocate often wanes. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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