Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 05:02:37 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/features.html Message-ID: <371CDD5D.6C215C3A@newsguy.com> References: <14692.924172106@zippy.cdrom.com> <19990419174604.A14787@cons.org>
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Martin Cracauer wrote: > > * bootloader [FIMXE fill this] After thinking about this about a while, and finally discarding answering with "Hey, don't look at me! I just work here.", here are my thoughts. I don't think bootloader feature is sellable. People don't want to hear about bootstrapping. They expect things to "just boot". Sure, it is useful to have a powerful bootstrapping tool, but people would rather not need it. Talk too much about it, and people will think booting FreeBSD is a complex procedure with a learning curve associated (nature abhors learning curves). Also, we have the "three stage boot loader". For us who know why it is needed, it sounds wonderful. For outsiders, it looks like things goes through a lot of different steps, all of them requiring interaction with the user (well, that's what people would dread). So, you might want to say "A new boot loader with scripting and interactive capabilities designed to handle turn key applications and customized environments." How's that? Anyone thinking this frightening, please speak up! -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "Well, Windows works, using a loose definition of 'works'..." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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