Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 14:54:24 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net> To: jkh@zippy.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: chris@netmonger.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guess we've lost the server market too...? Message-ID: <199903031954.OAA01376@y.dyson.net> In-Reply-To: <41919.920485707@zippy.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Mar 3, 99 10:28:27 am"
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Jordan K. Hubbard said: > > Yesterday it was Windows only. Today it's Windows or Linux. > > "One, Two, Many". > > Thank you for being apparently one of the very few people who > actually understand this point. :( > I guess that OS/2 and BetaMAX being superior products were properly carried by the competition? FreeBSD will not be "carried" by the competition, and it must stand on it's own. (But taking advantage of the competition only when appropriate.) People seem to have a product herding instinct, and a critical mass is important. The only way that people can and will choose FreeBSD is if the product shows it's distinguishing features (in the customers face.) The very informed individual and/or company will often choose FreeBSD, but the vast majority of the public will likely not distinguish between FreeBSD,NetBSD,OpenBSD,Linux, etc. They'll just choose what is available and by name recognition. It is time for the low-life "in your face" attitude that alot of the Linux crew has had for a long time. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@iquest.net | it makes one look stupid jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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