Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 21:11:29 -0800 From: Dave Yost <Dave@Yost.com> To: Don Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Linux PR firestorm disaster (w.r.t. FreeBSD) Message-ID: <v0410441db2fe804df784@[205.219.69.138]> In-Reply-To: <36D8BBA8.D2CE3D40@thuntek.net> References: <v04104408b2fc8ab8acfc@[205.219.69.138]>
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At 7:44 PM -0800 1999-02-27, Don Wilde wrote: > Dave Yost wrote: >> Second order of business, I think, is to make as much of a P.R. splash as= possible that FreeBSD is looking for a new, flashy name so it can better= compete for mindshare with linux. A write-in campaign to the press on this= matter would be great. The end result of this may in fact be to stick with= the name, but the PR attention will be good. >> > This has been hashed ad infinitum. FreeBSD it stays. If you want to > change the name you can always cut your own CD's, tnx to BSD license. But it has not been done under the spotlight of publicity, right? Big diffe= rence. Dave To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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