From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Feb 14 11:00:16 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26331 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:00:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) 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 LAA26326 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:00:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id MAA01046; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:00:02 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990214114417.03fa0480@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 X-Priority: 1 (Highest) Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:59:58 -0700 To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, Gary Kline From: Brett Glass Subject: Windows Refund Day: Watch out for Linux tactics Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990213134206.A10635@mooseriver.com> References: <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 01:42 PM 2/13/99 -0800, Josef Grosch wrote: >*NOTE* This has been moved to chat. > >BAFUG (Bay Area FreeBSD Users Group) is also involved in this. BAFUG has >been coordating the Linux people here in the Bay Area to pull this >off. And the Linux people are doing everything in their power to make sure that the public thinks EVERYONE there is a Linux user. Note that the press report you quoted mentions ONLY Linux! My belief is that they intend to play the users of other operating systems who show up for patsies -- use them to strengthen the impression that everyone at the event uses Linux, and only Linux. It's also worth noting that the Bay Area organizers are telling users of alternative operating systems that are NOT "open source" that they must do "separate" protests. This includes BSDi, as well as Solaris, BeOs, OS/2, NetWare, etc. They are also making sure that the URL that's popularized as having information about the event is the URL of a site devoted to Linux. They're turning the event not into a genuine protest against Microsoft's tactics but rather into a publicity stunt for their one alternative. BAFUG should make DARN sure that the press knows it's there. Better bring BIG banners with "FreeBSD" and the daemon logo displayed prominently -- not to mention disks, buttons, and T-shirts, if possible. And TALK to the press -- as much as the Linuxoids, if not more so. Don't let the Linux "handlers" be the only ones represented in the reports. You can bet that the rabid Linux zealots will try to give the impression that everyone there is a Linux user, or that BSD is somehow "the same as" Linux and need not be mentioned. --Brett Glass To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message