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Date:      Mon, 3 Nov 1997 01:23:22 -0200 (EDT)
From:      Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br>
To:        leo@talcom.net (Leo Papandreou)
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations
Message-ID:  <199711030323.BAA04481@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br>
In-Reply-To: <19971031160141.17324@homer.supersex.com> from Leo Papandreou at "Oct 31, 97 04:01:41 pm"

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// From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Oct 31 19:22:55 1997
// Message-ID: <19971031160141.17324@homer.supersex.com>
// Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:01:41 -0500
// From: Leo Papandreou <leo@talcom.net>
// To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG
// Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations
// References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971030193104.220C-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> <Pine.BSF.3.96.971030194009.661A-100000@kevin.sunshine.net> <19971031162340.39717@lemis.com> <3459844B.61203582@idt.net>
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// In-Reply-To: <3459844B.61203582@idt.net>; from Gary T. Corcoran on Fri, Oct 31, 1997 at 02:10:03AM -0500
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// On Fri, Oct 31, 1997 at 02:10:03AM -0500, Gary T. Corcoran wrote:
// > Greg Lehey wrote:
// > > 
// > > This reminds me of something.  FreeBSD is the grandson of 4.2BSD,
// > > right, the operating system which paved the way for the Internet.
// > > There should be some catchy phrase with that, but so far it's eluded
// > > me.  Something like
// > > 
// > >   FreeBSD - the operating system of the Internet
// > > 
// > > I'm sure somebody can improve on this.
// > > 
// > 
// > How about:
// > 
// >    FreeBSD - Powering the Internet
// > 
// > This targets the use of FreeBSD for network servers too, no?
// 
// Making networks work.
// Making networks serve.
// Serving networks everywhere.
// Network, net gain.

Just thinking: I know FreeBSD is best for network servers, and that's
why I like it so much, but a network oriented slogan could keep non-
networked (home) users away.

I'd rather not see a slogan with networking as the *only* hype.

					Jonny

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Joao Carlos Mendes Luis			jonny@gta.ufrj.br
+55 21 290-4698				jonny@coppe.ufrj.br
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	UFRJ/COPPE/CISI
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