From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 29 17:27:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6D281065679 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:27:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pb0-f54.google.com (mail-pb0-f54.google.com [209.85.160.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF9838FC20 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:27:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pbbro2 with SMTP id ro2so1483572pbb.13 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:27:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding :content-type:message-id:cc:x-mailer:from:subject:date:to; bh=R/PS4n5XRjPnoGk5ioySr0Ss4dmbHCED4vUZSr5P/Oo=; b=PsVlzfnk+as5V0++Jty5kc1VBKHYT/tAoRQ/exD0yRDTzhsDr9IuyhCjhQ1VugXaxz SGQTwv+HdZ16jb+zxRqY89maeSCLJpKp08pLKs6UpGKYdKgD4L/fkh8dG/+0UgINJ35H oMo/oioGkwddYmFbfpJ+EsHlFltqP5mHCNiLMnoEr1CTMLnoVId0zy8jqxdp96C9MJ/K T49nGJmWBakxkcOmNauUkDpvP1IOWa1Doxia6e3+GRLJlpPYQFKmMeP6sjEaeetti1JL B/azcMUY2oRmrrt6kPsYzCgmxNZbpypBrt47FRHHDgkstXqj0x7EQJ5+p39UmK/TQYr8 opcg== Received: by 10.68.136.65 with SMTP id py1mr33023651pbb.81.1335720432349; Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:27:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.254.26] ([50.125.30.143]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id tx9sm2761869pbc.10.2012.04.29.10.27.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:27:11 -0700 (PDT) References: <092518C9B5214244805F7D2022A4F663@multiplay.co.uk> <1168656383.74335.1335567528359.JavaMail.root@erie.cs.uoguelph.ca> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <5E0882E0-405F-46AC-9290-8A195FECD2F4@gmail.com> X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (9B179) From: Garrett Cooper Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:27:08 -0700 To: Chris Rees Cc: Rick Macklem , Jerry McAllister , "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" , Mehmet Erol Sanliturk , Steven Hartland , Wojciech Puchar , Andy Young Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:27:13 -0000 On Apr 29, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > On 29 Apr 2012 16:33, "Wojciech Puchar" > wrote: >>> >>> >>> FreeBSD installation and boot style are very nice . Personally I dislike > very much Ubuntu-like installs ( nothing is displayed about >>> what is going on ) and I never use it ( in spite of I am installing each > release of it ) . >> >> >> Another way to promote FreeBSD - show Solaris first. Yesterday just to > look downloaded from oracle. Incredibly slow, no idea what's going on not > only while installing but when trying to do anything and understand /etc/ > hierarchy. incredible slow mess - this is "the most advanced unix" from > Oracle. >> I prefer "less advanced" FreeBSD >> > > Ridiculing other projects is not a great way to show superiority. +1 Leave mudslinging to marketing and politicians :).. -Garrett