Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 19:57:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian McGroarty <bvmcg@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Marketing / Differentiating FreeBSD Message-ID: <19990808025724.13926.rocketmail@web1001.mail.yahoo.com>
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FreeBSD is often seen as a Linux also-ran, or even another Linux distribution. It's not. And we know that. It's -advocacy's task to make this clear to the rest of the world. Differentiating FreeBSD from the other operating systems available is of paramount importance. Let's brainstorm a list of strengths and assets. No idea is intially rejected. I'll collect the rough responses and create a list to pick apart. We can formulate strategy based on that. o Run forever. Uptimes of months are the norm. o Performance. Over 20 years of research, design and optimization backing the Intel and DEC-Alpha cores o Internet-secure. Fewer security issues than any other popular OS. o Compatible. Run Linux apps. Network with Windows and Mac. Read and write hundreds of file formats with included software. o Proven and Trusted. Yahoo!, Walnut Creek, and even Microsoft use FreeBSD o Cost-effective. No licensing fees. Scalable from 386s to SMP Pentium/Xeon machines. _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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