Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 02:34:40 +0000 (GMT) From: eagle <eagle@eagle.phc.igs.net> To: Davis <dd002f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD PR Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990415023304.56976A-100000@eagle.phc.igs.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990415012004.16984A-100000@uhura.cc.rochester.edu>
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On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Davis wrote: > > > On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Rick Hamell wrote: > > > How about starting local user groups? :) I'm doing it.... Take a > >clue from the Linux people, have local install-a-thons... I have one > >tentavily scheduled in July... Expound upon the abilities of FreeBSD to > >anyone who will listen. Again, follow the lead of the Linux people, put > >FreeBSD boxes in your IS department to take over mission critical > >applications. At my current job I'm working on not only moving our servers > >from Novell/NT to FreeBSD, BUT I'm working on porting our industry > >specific software from Win95/98/DOS to FreeBSD.... Which will add another > >selling point to our software and give us increased compatibility... :) > >Luckily my bosses are of the 'do what you want, just as long as it dosen't > >cost us money' mentallity. :) > > > > > > > > Rick > > > > > I like the user group thing, but I am not in a good position to do > something too involved myself. I graduate in a year, and considering the > lack of FreeBSD users on this campus (I only know of 1 other user, who is > not even a student), it would be tough to get something like that off the > ground before I would have to leave it behind. However, it may be worth > trying regardless, if I can stir up some amount of interest. > > Out of curiosity, is there some sort of list of existing FreeBSD user > groups? I would be interested to see if there are any nearby who may be > willing to help create some interest among the students here. > > -Davis there is a list on the freebsd site however its umm slightly out of date, once again if you have a freebsd user group and I havent contacted you, please send me current details.. rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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