Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 00:56:37 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> Cc: Joe.Warner@smed.com, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Manager's response re: FreeBSD Message-ID: <39545BA5.2D404D68@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0006231350470.14118-100000@shell1.aracnet.com>
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Rick Hamell wrote:
>
> > are all using it, you will need to find a way to sing its praises to
> > corporate in a way that won't offend any entrenched interests. If you are
> > ultimately successful, then you can use that beach-head to find other
> > niches to exploit.
> >
> > Good luck. As always, if you or any of your IM force is caught or killed
> > our secretary will disavow any knowledge of your activities.
>
> All I can say is that you at least work for one cool guy! They're
> open minded, willing to try a new approach, encouraged you to try, and
> pretty much gave you a direction to start in. Not bad... Hard to find
> managers like that anymore!
Hear, hear. What a cool boss. Be sure to install FreeBSD in a
partition (or on a new disk) on his machine and teach him everything
you know. Also, keep looking for new niches to pound those BSD boxes
into. Anything remotely related to networking is usually a good
inroad. A departmental web server, one of those web-calendar apps
for scheduling team meetings and conference rooms, etc.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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