Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 02:16:39 +0000 (GMT) From: a disembodied voice emerging from the chaos of reality <cjc26@cornell.edu> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCWeek article by Anne Chen -- Comments Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905060202250.14321-100000@cjc26.resnet.cornell.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905052132560.995-100000@bytor.rush.net>
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On Wed, 5 May 1999, Pat Lynch wrote: > Some of us are more fanatic about FreeBSD than you think, but fanatic in a > different way, we don;t beat people over the head with it. We wear it, we > use it, we speak about it, we are proud of it. The people ask, and we > explain it. It works. Hello, FreeBSD semi-newbie (been using it for 4 months) here. I almost hate to say this, but what you said above is pretty much the main reason why I switched to freeBSD from slackware linux--because its supporters don't seem to be foaming at the mouth :) I know you shouldn't choose an os based on the attitudes of the people using it, *BUT* it was getting to the point where I couldn't stand the almost religious devotion of linux supporters. I was pleasantly surprised to find after testing it out that FreeBSD also happens to be better designed and more consistent than the myriads of linux distros. So, my point is, by using linux marketing tactics, you not only might not get the `market share' you want, you might also in the process scare more thoughtful people away. Besides, if the only people we can convert with `evangelism' are clueless IT managers and teenage script kiddies, maybe we're better off without them? :) Cliff Crawford http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/cjc26/ -><- i l i k e o a t m e a l )O( To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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