Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:44:37 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: infofarmer@mail.ru Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd non-profit stat OT Message-ID: <41CE4FC5.8080902@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <41CDF85E.6070908@mail.ru> References: <200412251442.iBPEgdQx093451@redtick.homeunix.com> <41CD8ACC.7070504@nbritton.org> <41CDF85E.6070908@mail.ru>
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Andrew P. wrote: > > > Popularity is a big deal. I could never understand why this > organization (not community) was not aiming at getting more users and > supporters. I mean, this is the best OS I've ever seen. And while I > don't even remember how or when I first heard about it, I'm sure there > are thousands out there, who'd be glad to become FreeBSD fans, but > they just don't know anything about it. Just put a few nice pictures > and screenshots on the website, and people will get attracted. > > Same thing with money. I don't want to order your CD's, cuz they can > get lost on their way, and if they don't, I won't be expecting them > until 50 days pass (that's how long I'd waited for The Complete > FreeBSD until it came). I just want to pay, say, $10 a month with a > Visa card. Not much, but I'm not alone. Look at Firefox - a much > smaller project can raise $100k in a week. Can't we? > > Best wishes, > Andrew P. > Thanks for valadating all the points I (and others) made in the "FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated?" thread, now if only we could get core and the communty at large to recognise that it's a problem and needs to be addressed.
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