Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:02:47 GMT From: john@T-F-I.freeserve.co.uk (John Murphy) To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Confusion Message-ID: <36f2887f.15216473@smtp.freeserve.net>
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Hi. I'm a newcomer to FreeBSD/Unix. There may be millions like me along shortly, and many may make the same mistake. Generally, given the choice of a version marked 2.2.8 Stable or 3.0 Release we would expect the latter to be the better choice. We should not be expected to search the net to find the real differences. If Mr. Gates were to release windows 2000-Release, people would buy it without a notion that it might be ``primarily aimed at developers and early-adopters''. We may not realise that FreeBSD is marketed/developed in an entirely different way. I've not actually seen the FBSD disks in the shops yet, but I'm sure it won't be long before they are available that way. Nowhere (on my disk set at least) does it mention the above quote. In fact it says ``If you want stable networking and a powerful development environment, FreeBSD is the Operating system for you''. I have nothing but respect and admiration for the FreeBSD core members and developers. I'm amazed that the result of so much hard work is just given away. Having received such a fine gift I am definitely not complaining. The few problems I have with it will be resolved shortly, I'm sure. I suggest that future CDRom releases from the current branch be labeled Un-Stable. I know this sounds weird at first, but it would put any newcomer off buying something unsuitable for first time use. Everyone in the know of course would buy it regardless. --=20 Sorry if I'm totally out of order / off topic here. John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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