Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 16:33:59 +0000 From: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@UPMC.EDU> To: Randi Harper <sektie@freebsdgirl.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@mail.turbofuzz.com> Cc: "FreeBSD, Advocacy" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org>, "hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org>, "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Leaving the Desktop Market Message-ID: <09D177203C215546ACA94AF0459D4989EFF9DF@msxmbxnsprd18.acct.upmchs.net> In-Reply-To: <CAM9wqY9STvt7%2BrMVkX6G0UmyEe6g86DAS89FXQCnsN5_uRT6-w@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgkeBozvfV-L0%2BrFZ6fWRn0=Gi3BNq1kPL=-HTq0TD6MkQ@mail.gmail.com> <A70900DF-4BAA-427F-8731-01211FFD1887@mail.turbofuzz.com> <CAM9wqY9STvt7%2BrMVkX6G0UmyEe6g86DAS89FXQCnsN5_uRT6-w@mail.gmail.com>
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-----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@f= reebsd.org] On Behalf Of Randi Harper > >You know you opened a can of worms with that one. Because all the nerds ar= e going to step up and say "Well, I run FreeBSD on my >desktop! It's total= ly viable!" > >Dear nerds, get some perspective. You aren't an end user, and you're masoc= histic. It's okay, we accept you here. But your individual >use case doesn'= t indicate a place in the market. Your basement isn't a market. It's a base= ment. Your small company isn't a market. It's a >small company. Many compan= ies combined create a market. Why aren't all the nerds and small businesses out there a market? I'm no m= arketing expert or anything, but it would seem that there is some kind of m= arket out there that isn't being catered to. I may be a masochist, but I r= efuse to have to pay Apples prices for their hardware. They just seem insa= ne to me. If they ever decided to sell OS X for non-Apple hardware I might= use it. And just for the record I've been using FreeBSD as an exclusive home deskto= p since 1999. =20 At work now so however Outlook mangles this is my fault :) Rod Person Programmer (412)454-2616 Just because it can been done, does not mean it should be done.
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