Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 03:48:06 +0000 From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Peter Kieser <pfak@telus.net> Cc: freebsd-advocay@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD's momentum and future prospects Message-ID: <20021222034806.GA34537@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <001101c2a948$2034b5e0$c601a8c0@silverdollar> References: <20021221231417.GB32071@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <001101c2a948$2034b5e0$c601a8c0@silverdollar>
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On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 03:24:35PM -0800, Peter Kieser wrote: | On another note, the only reason Linux is getting commerical interest is | because people don't know about FreeBSD, they also don't know about the | goods of the BSD license, if corporations were made aware of how the BSD | license can be used, I gaurntee you we would have more people jumping on the | band wagon for FreeBSD development and such. I just don't think BSD in | general gets enough publicity. I recently read that the new Mandrake licensing plans for commercial will allow modification of the source without requiring they be released. The article remarks how much that is like the BSD license. | Also, on another note. There is really no BSD "desktop" distro, where | everything is configured automatically for you, this would help for newbie | users to pick FreeBSD over Linux. What about drivers? Does Linux still have the advantage they had before of far more drivers? I haven't booted Linux in 3 years or so. ;-) jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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