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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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