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Date:      Fri, 6 Aug 1999 16:55:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Brian McGroarty <BMCGROARTY@high-voltage.com>, "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com>, freebsd-advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Marketing FreeBSD / FreeBSD as a pr 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908061655050.162-100000@vnode.vmunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <1080.933972482@localhost>

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Yes, please write a magazine article.  We will publish all the good ones.
:-)


Chris Coleman
Daemon News Editor in Chief
http://www.daemonnews.org
Bringing BSD together

On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > What I'm reacting to is that the silly cartoon character makes the packaging
> > look like Reader Rabbit, not a mature operating system product. Discounting
> > those already familiar with FreeBSD, if the intent is to sell this OS to
> > parents and Barney fans, nobody needs to change a thing about the artwork.
> 
> I think that there are already so many more obvious and clearly
> detrimental shortcomings in FreeBSD's advocacy (lack of books,
> magazines, trade shows and other press coverage) that anyone looking
> at the mascot as an "issue" is a) barking up the wrong tree and
> b) focusing their time and energy in the wrong direction.
> 
> In other words, if you want to make a clear and honest difference then
> put your energy and words behind the real problems.  If you just want
> to waste time and give yourself a false sense of achievement by
> tackling some proxy issue, then worry about the mascot.  Frankly, I
> don't think we have the time and energy to waste on that kind of
> sillyness though.  If you actually care about FreeBSD's image and want
> to do something honestly productive, write a book or a magazine
> article.
> 
> - Jordan
> 
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