Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 01:59:49 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Licia <licia@o-o.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is there a "how did you hear about us?" form on www.freebsd.org? Message-ID: <371D8575.E2DD38A8@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904201746090.15081-100000@o-o.org>
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Licia wrote:
>
> [ snipped for space ]
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> On Tue, 6 Apr 1999, Wes Peters wrote:
> > Licia wrote:
> > >
> > > So freeware authors would be able to get listed in the branded software area
> > > on the web site?
> >
> > Yes!!
> >
>
> Excellent :) I think this is a great way to offer encouragement :)
>
> > > Would there be criterion on size/quality of a branded
> > > project, or could someone write a clone of echo and get listed? :)
> >
> > Common sense, hopefully. I wouldn't expect to brand "echo", but perhaps a
> > suite of utilities like psutils could be, if somebody wants to brand it.
> > There is no reason why programs like XV and Ghostscript couldn't be, for
> > instance.
> >
>
> The reason I asked this, is that I am concerned about the people who would be
> more interested in getting listed in the archive than doing real development
> :) If someone weren't really developing material, but wanted an ego boost,
> they could do something like clone echo and try to get listed, but I think
> allowing that would degrade the value of the archive...
Oh, you mean like my "nologin" program I contributed several years ago, just
to get on the contributors list? Well, not JUST to get on the contributors
list, it does provide a useful function.
> (paranoid woman at times :) )
I just got back from watching The Matrix. My paranoia is running rampant;
running around the house kicking things over actually. I hope it'll calm
down and let me go to sleep soon.
> > > (nods) an interesting site, and I do think we could learn a lot from it.
> > > My main concern isn't the commercial developers though. As our numbers grow
> > > and FreeBSD becomes better known, such support is nearly inevitable I think. I
> > > worry more about keeping FreeBSD 'in the loop' as far as freeware support, and
> > > enticing people to use FreeBSD as a native development platform, any thoughts
> > > on how the branding effort could be used there?
> >
> > The purpose here is to get "application" vendors to put FreeBSD logos
> > on their products and their web pages. Hopefully the web page entries
> > will be linked to our web page, and the "box" logs will include a URL
> > or something like that. The idea here is to advocate FreeBSD, after all.
> >
>
> (nods) I agree completely, I'm just trying to see how this effort can be used
> to advocate FreeBSD as a development platform :)
Hopefully by showing that others are actually SELLING software to FreeBSD
users. I'd certainly happily pay $99 for a good word processor that doesn't
eat the system, like Gobe Productive for BeOS. I'd probably pay $40 or $50
for a good email client; the user interface on everything except Netscape
Communicator sucks, and Communicator sucks functionally.
> I do development under it on a daily basis, find it a wonderful os for both
> development and desktop use as well as server, and I want to make sure all
> three areas get a little advocating :)
I wish I could. By the time I get home from work, I barely have the energy
to answer my email, let alone write more code. ;^(
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com
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