From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Mar 2 20:34:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net (ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net [198.36.160.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E1F9014E7F for ; Tue, 2 Mar 1999 20:34:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dpilgrim@uswest.net) Received: (qmail 16132 invoked by alias); 3 Mar 1999 04:34:17 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-chat@freebsd.org@fixme Received: (qmail 16095 invoked by uid 0); 3 Mar 1999 04:34:16 -0000 Received: from bdsl224.ptld.uswest.net (HELO uswest.net) (209.180.169.224) by ptldpop1.ptld.uswest.net with SMTP; 3 Mar 1999 04:34:16 -0000 Message-ID: <36DCBBC9.CB17CC87@uswest.net> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 20:34:17 -0800 From: Nocturne Organization: Neatly stacked heaps of digital chaos X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dyson@iquest.net Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Active advocacy [Was: Re: Guess we've lost the server market too...?] References: <199903030411.XAA00446@y.dyson.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "John S. Dyson" wrote: > FYI, my Dad just asked about Linux, and I explained that > it was like FreeBSD (that I used to work on), and had to > suggest that since his friends are most likely going to > run Linux, that he might consider it also. This sickened > me, but makes the Linux decision almost like the Windows > decision of past days. I explained the license issue to > him, and he agrees that GPL is a mess -- but I still claim > that Linux is still a better choice for him :-(. FreeBSD > *should* have been a better choice... You should have recommended FreeBSD, and when his friends start asking, try to get them to switch. Your actions follow suit with the lack of advocacy you're complaining about. Sheeple logic doesn't work. In this past week I've gotten two people to try FreeBSD, one is a newbie to computing (a mind untarnished by MS BS) and the other is a long time Linux user who's reasons for not switching were so that he could use software not written for FreeBSD, but I knew to work through the emulator. They've both read the handbook and they've both ordered CDs from WC. I even had, with their permission, majordomo send them help info and auth requests to be added to -newbies. (I think this should also go to -advocacy, but I'm not going to cross post unless people think I should.) -- dpilgrim@uswest.net ICQ: 29880099 gryph@mindless.com PGP DH/DSS key available If you're gonna build a house of cards, use the plastic coated kind Cuz I'll bet the homeowner's insurance won't cover flood damage To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message