Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:18:35 -0600 From: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CHIP: Lies about FreeBSD Message-ID: <37275F0B.E8811BFA@thuntek.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904281702270.59373-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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Konrad Heuer wrote: > What can we do? I will write a detailed comment about that article to the > editorial office (redaktion@chip.de), and I'd like to encourage others to > this as well. > > It's worse to read about FreeBSD in a negative context than to read > nothing about it! The normal Windows user will never install FreeBSD after > reading the article! One exception: he/she already knows FreeBSD and thus > removes the magazine where it belongs - to the waste paper basket. > Authors and editors write about what they're familiar -- and comfortable -- with. I'd complement the guy for the things he did right and offer to be a source for information and proofreading for his next article. Making friends with editors and authors is some of the best PR there is. Become his friend and perhaps he will let you collaborate with him on his next piece! Remember, he has to write to eat. If you put words in his mouth all he has to do is chew and perform his other normal functions... -- Don Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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