From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 25 17:04:00 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0661416A403 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:04:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsdwicker@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.233]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A645B13C448 for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:03:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsdwicker@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id s18so530106wxc for ; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:03:59 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Ppfl7riQ2afBXzTR9q6d3venQ6GgZNFTOPdTxfKVO+WdsEGvda2v35wqRJU9Mq20bRMO/MkMiG2gHtNpKJsG3QNLFJplrePSqFFvVos16XuSARz5sxrT/h1itxsPW/XzlY6wAH7RF3DCqyry9LaNAnEKD0hT7iWlQZxq8aEroN4= Received: by 10.90.79.6 with SMTP id c6mr2529716agb.1169744639091; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:03:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.90.104.7 with HTTP; Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:03:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2d19405f0701250903i7a99ab6bmc7027c9502707447@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 09:03:59 -0800 From: "FreeBSD WickerBill" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <194fdf590701250644m6c983f7em362911aaaf5c6d96@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <45B8B022.1020909@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <20070125091844.62a290af.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <45B8C0CE.4060203@chamonix.reportlab.co.uk> <194fdf590701250644m6c983f7em362911aaaf5c6d96@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: BBC debate "Battle of the operating systems" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:04:00 -0000 On 1/25/07, Marco Muskus wrote: > > 2007/1/25, Robin Becker : > > Bill Moran wrote: > > > In response to Robin Becker : > > > > > >> The BBC is to host a debate on multiple OSes. > > >> > > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6288119.stm > > >> > > >> They want one individual to represent each OS. Apparently they only > want Vista, > > >> OS X and Linux, but I don't see why we can't press for FreeBSD. > > > > > > I sent them a comment about how FreeBSD should be included. I think > > > that if enough of us send in comments, they'll re-open the submission. > > > > > Where did you mail~ usually there's a link like "tell us your opinion" > etc etc, > > but I could not see one on that page. > > -- > > Robin Becker > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > There is no sense in trying to explain to the media what BSD means, > its like a try to run the NASCAR or the F1 with a Renault 4. Whats in > the media lately ? Linux vs Vista vs OS X, no more ... in fact in my > country a News channel show a report where they said "Vista the most > advanced and powerfull OS of the world", how did you try to make the > world understand ? > > I don`t think that the BBC will understand > > We need a allied, > > > -- > Marco Muskus > Movil: 300 5705151 > _______________________________________________ > I, and several of my friends addressed BSD advantages on their website. I then wrote the next day complaining of only having a shoot-out with Windows and OSX. They finally got around to posting linux usage but are apparently biased or too STOOPIT! to acknowlege *BSD...which seem really odd as a netcraft query returns: Solaris 9/10 Apache/2.0.54 (Unix) 16-Jan-2007 212.58.224.116 BBC Internet Services, Docklands.