Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 16:53:53 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: dg@root.com, Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: An idea for promoting FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980422165353.36930@papillon.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199804210108.SAA21683@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Mon, Apr 20, 1998 at 06:08:05PM -0700 References: <353BED45.7F185851@uk.radan.com> <199804210108.SAA21683@implode.root.com>
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On Mon, 20 April 1998 at 18:08:05 -0700, David Greenman wrote: >> I've got an idea for helping promote FreeBSD without costing vast sums >> of money. Why not get together a fully working, but cut-down (i.e no >> source etc.) version and get it distributed on the cover CD's of >> computer magazines? > > Incidently, this has happend several times already with FreeBSD. A few > times I recall immediately in Japan. ...maybe that's why we're so popular > in Japan. :-) I suppose you're saying "yes, great idea". I agree. The thing is, this giveaway must work smoothly with no problems even for the biggest idiot. This means that X is a must, even if it only runs at 640x480. There would be a lot of work behind getting this kind of mini-distribution working. IMO it would be worth it, but it would be a catastrophe to send out a version with which the majority of users had trouble. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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