From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 31 17:58:52 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AA26106564A for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:58:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f44.google.com (mail-qw0-f44.google.com [209.85.216.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 588EB8FC18 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:58:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwg2 with SMTP id 2so702898qwg.17 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:58:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=pLULq3OXIM8RJtv/DyBJ0Nv6yOVn8WNb2ALZlJVnxSE=; b=KVHmCIwRoD1+qfJZAUiJ/pkBL+HLa4+APbQyXHxjqhdGYp9fvKWU5/UbyZmSj4QSVz OAxhMTOojbEkpyummBqRC95hp1Ioumh8O0/M3UbKtn2RRsAMwDpX2edW29/MtE/tKjvF tCpYQ4w124HRxT75AbnLxjZB08lJRMBOvZeIY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.98.8 with SMTP id o8mr529249qan.379.1314813531876; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:58:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.37.83 with HTTP; Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:58:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E5E73E5.4020804@xaerolimit.net> References: <4E5941D6.9090106@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5BEF65.2010502@gmail.com> <4E5CAD9E.6050903@rktmb.org> <4E5CB49F.50806@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5CBC14.4080908@rktmb.org> <4E5CF1ED.2030504@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5CF417.5080503@rktmb.org> <4E5D031E.2000602@xaerolimit.net> <4E5D1E46.7000908@zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4E5DC66D.1090602@rktmb.org> <4E5E73E5.4020804@xaerolimit.net> Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:58:51 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Chris Brennan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/marketing/os-comparison.html X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:58:52 -0000 On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: ... > It should be noted on the FreeBSD side of the comparison, whom has > borrowed concepts from FreeBSD, such as the network stack or Gentoo's > Portage system (just to name a few that come to mind.) It's good for historical references and flame wars when people say BSD sucks, but it doesn't help us get the shiny which we need for new users. Sell people on the architecture and ease of use, and they'll love you for it. Don't overcomplicate things should be our motto. Thanks, -Garrett