From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 05:44:40 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BD2D16A4CE for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:44:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91.asp.att.net [63.240.76.165]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B27C043D39 for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:44:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@nbritton.org) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (12-223-129-46.client.insightbb.com[12.223.129.46]) by sccimhc91.asp.att.net (sccimhc91) with ESMTP id <20041226054438i9100rfcn5e>; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:44:39 +0000 Message-ID: <41CE4FC5.8080902@nbritton.org> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 23:44:37 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041219) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: infofarmer@mail.ru References: <200412251442.iBPEgdQx093451@redtick.homeunix.com> <41CD8ACC.7070504@nbritton.org> <41CDF85E.6070908@mail.ru> In-Reply-To: <41CDF85E.6070908@mail.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd non-profit stat OT X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 05:44:40 -0000 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.