Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 13:52:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Nicole <freelist@webweaver.net> To: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net> Subject: Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing Message-ID: <XFMail.980503135211.freelist@webweaver.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980430195639.142A-100000@mustang>
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On 01-May-98 Joey Garcia wisely wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Don Wilde wrote:
>
>> We have a shot at the server market, but unless we add to our appeal to
>> the desktop set by improving ppp and printer setup and building our own
>> office suite, we will remain a niche OS. That's why I take Jordan's
>> comments to heart about carefully approaching the Popular Science crowd
>> with inteesting articles, and why I want to make a Dummy's FreeBSD Demo.
>> --> Don
>>
> The server market is a great idea, although it would be a good idea to
> remind people that FreeBSD is a great workstation as well. Those that see
> FreeBSD as a "server only" OS might be turned off if all they want is a
> powerful workstation. I believe we should hit both crowds (server people
> and workstation people) with equal emphasis, or perhaps just a bit more
> emphasis on the server side. Do you guys agree?
>
> Joey Bear Garcia
>
>
I don't think that the workstation part is a big deal. I have come to belive th
at it is all how good it is, how much will run on it and the NAME.
I just got the word that the company I work for wants to start incorporating mo
re SUN machines and maybe even Linux systems becouse:
1) They want business users to see a Name they know.
2) Most Big Name commerce applications are not available for FreeBSD
3) They don't feel customers would feel comfortable having their commerce sites
on an OS they don't know and a machine without a brand name (since I build our o
wn)
Lets face it the big NAMES these days are NT, SUN, and now Linux :<
One of the biggest things that could be done is to do more marketing and perhap
s expand the web pages showing who uses FreeBSD. These expanded pages featuring
companies could be used as a marketing tool in the press and by users like mysel
f in convincing the suits who feel Flash is more important than quality and usea
bility.
Perhaps:
Company(w/URL) - what company does - #of machines - what machines do - contact
name
Just a wild suggestion.
Nicole
nicole@webweaver.net - http://www.webweaver.net/
webmistress@dangermouse.org - http://www.dangermouse.org/
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