From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 14 17:27:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from uhura.cc.rochester.edu (uhura.cc.rochester.edu [128.151.224.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD5314D18 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 17:27:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dd002f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu) Received: from localhost (dd002f@localhost) by uhura.cc.rochester.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA18542 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 1999 20:25:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 20:25:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Davis To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD PR In-Reply-To: <199904142351.QAA80238@rah.star-gate.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I am not certain of a good way to accomplish this, but I think an excellent way to start is to aim at college students (in much the way that Microsoft is). Currently, many of my peers are completely unaware of FreeBSD, aside from some hardcore computer geeks (of course, I do my best to make them aware). If people start using FreeBSD during college years (perhaps the time of greatest increase in computer exposure for many, myself included), they will likely be hooked for life; I should know, I think I may be hooked myself. (= There is the added advantage amongst college students in that many dorms these days are equipped with Ethernet, offering the perfect testing ground for those who wish to learn (read: fool around with) http/ftp serving and the like. These may very well be tomorrow's sysadmins. Of course, I really do not know specifically how we might accomplish this. FreeBSD boot disks for all the comp. sci., math, and physics majors? (just kidding) Seriously, though, I think just making FreeBSD known in my neighborhood and emphasizing its strong networking abilities would do some good. Just my opinion. Feel free to call me a fool. I am young, so I am allowed to have silly ideas. (= -Davis On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Amancio Hasty wrote: >How can we improve FreeBSD PR and image? > > Amancio >Hint: lets focus on useful and productive agendas > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message