Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:01:32 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4.1.19981124155935.064ed4c0@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <48004.911945650@zippy.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Tue, 24 Nov 1998 13:59:58 MST." <4.1.19981124135919.06c8e850@127.0.0.1>
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At 02:14 PM 11/24/98 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/16107.html > >FreeBSD probably wasn't on their radar. More helpful indeed would any >suggestions on your part (and possibly organizational efforts) on what >it takes to get on mexican radar screens. > >As is my usual gripe in advocacy, what we really need around here >aren't a bunch of firemen who arrive at the scene of the fire well >after it has already consumed the building and stand around saying >meaningful things like "This was a fire! It appears to have burned >down the building! Fires are bad, someone should do something." The problem is that, because Walnut Creek is really the source for the CD-ROMs, folks here are powerless to do very much. The best we can do is point out that there's a fire and encourage them to do something. The article and its author will be the best sources. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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