Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 18:39:47 +0100 From: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Another advocacy opportunity Message-ID: <20000128183947.A30631@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10001280924010.15023-100000@dragon.ham.muohio.edu> References: <20000128093749.A23717@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10001280924010.15023-100000@dragon.ham.muohio.edu>
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On Fri, Jan 28, 2000 at 09:56:27AM -0500, Jamie Howard wrote: > The way both Wes and myself phrased it seems to suggest 200 full time > profession developers. We all know that is untrue, but I cannot help it > if you read it wrong. :) :-)) > > "FreeBSD is developed by a large group of volunteers worldwide and nearly > > 200 skilled developers (the so-called committers) evaluate each proposed > > change carefully in order to ensure reliability and stability on an ongoing > > basis." > > While nobody'd doubt this is this is far more accurate, I have tried to > avoid technical detail (except around the ports installation mechanism) at > the expense of correctness. I do not feel that the average reader'd > follow this procedure in an introductory article (it is clear I am > targetting this at people who've never heard of FreeBSD before). This is fine, I just thought that if a first-time reader reads this they will not find it "sufficient" when compared to the number of professional developers in a big company. Also, since people were remarkably receptive for the -IMHO a lot messier- Linux mode of developing things, and it went down well- i.e businesses were not afraid to deploy Linux in the enterprise- I thought they would also receive our model well which not just looks like a big deal but is a big deal because it combines open-source type grass-roots activism with professional review to create a superior product which businesses can depend on (Gosh I already sound like Steve Ballmer at a press-briefing:-) But be it your way. I never meant to dive too deep into tech details of course. If you write for suits and junior suits, you never can be too cautious:-) Regards: Szilveszter ADAM -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Szilveszter ADAM * JATE Szeged * email: sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu * * Homepage : none * alternate email: cc@flanker.itl.net.ua * * Finger sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu for PGP key. * * I prefer using the door instead of Windows(tm)... * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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