Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 13:54:09 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: jgrosch@MooseRiver.com Cc: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: O'Reilly article: Whence the Source: Untangling the Open Source/Free Software Debate Message-ID: <4.1.19990311134817.03ec5100@localhost> In-Reply-To: <19990311121148.A29929@ontario.mooseriver.com> References: <4.1.19990311093845.00989ee0@localhost> <36E77EA5.E3D6A466@softweyr.com> <36E7D8A7.A68B140E@thuntek.net> <4.1.19990311093845.00989ee0@localhost>
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Well, I've already proposed the creation of four teams to work on different types of advocacy. (The only one of them for which a need has been questioned is the "raving loonies." I personally think that at least some of the success of Linux is due to its more passionate advocates, and think -- as does Guy Kawasaki -- that a such a group should be given an accepted place in a PR effort. Jordan doesn't like the idea of a "lunatic fringe;" I say that, since it'll happen anyway unless the product is a total failure, it's best to fine-tune and balance its efforts rather than making it a rogue group. I think that a cadre of mischievous and good-natured "Daemons" could in fact have a lot of appeal.) If you'd like, I'll repost the proposal with some modifications that folks have suggested to me in private mail. --Brett At 12:11 PM 3/11/99 -0800, Josef Grosch wrote: >On Thu, Mar 11, 1999 at 09:42:13AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: >> O'Reilly is unabashed and open about its commercial nature. They >> do what they think will sell, period. That's why, for example, they did >> a very administrator-friendly Web server for Windows but not for UNIX. >> They're pushing Linux because this is what they believe will sell. >> >> Only if FreeBSD is properly marketed will it achieve a significant >> profile. I'd be delighted to start a marketing team. But will I >> get support from Walnut Creek and TPTB? > >What ideas do you have? Lets hear them. If you want something done, go do >it. Waiting for others do something will end up killing FreeBSD. > > >Josef > >-- >Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.1 >jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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