From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 16 01:30:59 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9C29A4BF for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 01:30:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E8B72744 for ; Fri, 16 May 2014 01:30:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-113-114.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.113.114]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6FA1928901; Fri, 16 May 2014 03:30:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id s4G1UnsX002547; Fri, 16 May 2014 03:30:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 03:30:49 +0200 From: Polytropon To: velocidade da luz Subject: Re: A myth that has been omission in FreeBSD Advocacy =?UTF-8?Q?Project=E2=80=8F?= Message-Id: <20140516033049.229275a0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 01:30:59 -0000 On Fri, 16 May 2014 02:52:15 +0300, velocidade da luz wrote: > A myth that has was omitted in FreeBSD Advocacy Project is > as follows: The hardware and software vendors consider the > BSD system used as Hobby.http://www.freebsd.org/advocacy/myths.html This doesn't stop especially network gear manufacturers from putting BSDs into their devices, rebranding it, and selling it without even mentioning that some BSD powers their products. (Of course, this is something the BSD license allows them to do.) Can you imagine how many routers, switches, firewalls, storage appliances and who knows what else is part of "critical business infrastructures", components of enterprises one would hardly consider a hobby? Maybe only those who "steal" BSD stuff can. ;-) And which big corporation would admit that they are using a product that can be obtained for free which helps them to earn money? Would they admit that a "hobby OS" powers their innermost parts? Would they even know that the Internet itself works as we know it simply because UNIX and BSD does exist? Ask your local business PR spokesperson for clarification. :-) > Do you agree with me? Agree on what? That BSD systems are a hobby? Definitely not. Furthermore, the page you mentioned doesn't mention the word "hobby"... And by the way, many users of the BSDs just don't care much about what hardware and software vendors might think about what BSD is; their focus is on using and developing BSD to become better every day and make it available to those who want to improve the world we live in. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...