Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 01:18:22 -0800 From: Dave Yost <Dave@Yost.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Linux PR firestorm disaster (w.r.t. FreeBSD) Message-ID: <v04104406b3000b156009@[205.219.69.138]> In-Reply-To: <32308.920267039@zippy.cdrom.com> References: Your message of "Sun, 28 Feb 1999 21:18:20 PST." <v04104404b2ffd3433f41@[205.219.69.138]>
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At 9:43 PM -0800 1999-02-28, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> Sorry. I've been going on extensive hearsay. You guys who use >> these heavily will have to come up with the comparison. > > And perhaps now you begin to realize the extent of the problem. > > Effective marketing isn't created as a result of people running around > screaming "disaster! calamity!", it's created by people actually doing > the work of creating comparisons and other promotional material. > Considering your earlier burst of enthusiasm, I find your "someone > else will have to come up with something tangible" attitude to be a > little inexplicable. :-) I knew someone would say all of this. I have my reasons for remaining on the sidelines. And the discussion is humming along very nicely now with useful information coming forth. I am grateful to all of the contributors to FreeBSD et al. Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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