Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 13:18:19 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day: Watch out for Linux tactics Message-ID: <199902142118.NAA05424@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:08:33 MST." <4.1.19990214140038.00b231c0@mail.lariat.org>
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> It's not hard. One of the best way is to have something WRITTEN > to hand them, so that when they gather their notes the information is > there. I'd recommend anything you have about FreeBSD, including the > booklet that comes inside the CD-ROM. Copies of positive reviews > will also get their attention, as will a simple "What is FreeBSD?" > FAQ. Remember, about 3/4ths of the COMPUTER trade press has never heard > of FreeBSD, and I expect that the number of people in the MAINSTREAM press > who have heard of it is so vanishingly small as to be negligible. Just > getting a mention in the stories that run on the major newswires would be > invaluable. Ok. I think we have some text we did for Comdex; I'll hit Jordan about it (he's just a shade busy right now...). > >I'll be at the Oakland staging area I expect. (Cursing that we don't > >have the Daemon Babe outfits yet...) > > You're not talking about the blonde female daemon character that recently > popped up in Daemon News, are you? ;-) I'm talking about a friend or three that are basically waiting for me to find suitable red leather catsuits and accessories so they can wander around poking people with tridents. Think Bannarama's "Venus" video if you're having trouble with the image... -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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