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Date:      Sat, 25 Jul 1998 02:50:06 +0000
From:      "Frank Pawlak" <fpawlak@execpc.com>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show
Message-ID:  <980725025006.ZM781@darkstar.connect.com>
In-Reply-To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> "FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show" (Jul 24,  8:09pm)
References:  <199807250209.UAA01380@lariat.lariat.org>

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On Jul 24,  8:09pm, Brett Glass wrote:
> Subject: FreeBSD not mentioned on NPR "alternative OSes" show
> Today, NPR's "Talk of the Nation" discussed alternative operating systems
> (see http://www.npr.org/programs/totn/archives/1998/980724.totn.html for an
> overview and a RealAudio archive). But while they discussed Linux and BeOS,
> FreeBSD wasn't mentioned as an option. James Love (assistant to Ralph
> Nader) and Nick Petreley (InfoWorld columnist) know darn well that FreeBSD
> exists, but talked exclusively about Linux.... Listeners most likely got
> the impression that Linux was THE only freely distributed OS.
>
> This sucks rocks. What's the best way to get such people to acknowledge
> FreeBSD's existence?
>
> --Brett Glass
>
>
>
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>-- End of excerpt from Brett Glass

Brett,

Have a look at http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1998/Jul/hour1_072498.html
where FreeBSD is mentioned along with Linux.  Same cast of characters as on the
program that you note above.  Go figure.

Frank


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