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Date:      Tue, 4 May 1999 10:33:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Kiakas <stefanos@sentry.e-scape.net>
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Some thoughts on advocacy (was: Slashdot ftp.cdrom.com upgrade article)
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.990504103215.13501B-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <9905041651.AA02474@traveler.e-scape.net>

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On Tue, 4 May 1999, Kiakas wrote:

> > Only because they've been brainwashed with loud "free the code!" battle
> > cries.

> 	Statements like this are no way to advocate FreeBSD. Calling
> potential users brainwashed does not gain FreeBSD any friends. Why are
> some people so arrogant to presume they know what is best for everyone?

I wouldn't have joined this mailing list if my intentions were to make
friends. The GNU license is sexy in pseudo-theory, and nothing more.
Communism worked on paper too.

> 	The only way to make FreeBSD more popular is to prove it provides 
> the best solution for a particular task. The average user, this includes 
> business users, do not care if the software is licensed under GPL or BSD 
> as long as it works.

Users don't, developers do. I'd rather attract the latter.

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