From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 15 20:11:28 1999 Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA25869 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:11:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id VAA17222; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:11:21 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990215205736.03f18100@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:11:16 -0700 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org From: Brett Glass Subject: Windows Refund Day Press Reports: Linux, Linux, Linux In-Reply-To: <199902160335.TAA14355@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Unfortunately, the very thing I expected to happen DID happen: the "Linux faithful" appear to have made sure that FreeBSD was not mentioned in news coverage of the event. The following articles mentioned Linux exclusively: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_279000/279926.stm http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/zdtvnews/ (See February 15th early and late news reports) http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cte395.htm http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/148082l.htm This one happened to mention OS/2 (follow the link from the "news burst" to the main article): http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/filters/bursts/0,3422,2209061,00.html This one actually mentioned FreeBSD, but only as one of a laundry list of operating systems: http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/reuters/docs/146260l.htm In short, the FreeBSD users who joined the group were represented to the press by the organizers as being Linux enthusiasts. This is what I was concerned about. The FreeBSD supporters who attended were taken for a ride. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message