Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 11:51:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Woody Carey <wcarey@cs.uoregon.edu> To: Don Wilde <dwilde1@ibm.net> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, dg@root.com, Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: An idea for promoting FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980422115030.5564C-100000@statix.cs.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <353E3B82.2D7540FE@ibm.net>
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On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Don Wilde wrote: [snip] > > I don't think I am understanding what you are suggesting here. IMHO > > we should be very concerned about people Using FBSD, not just knowing that > > it is powerful. What audience is this for? Surely a physicist would not > > be concerned with showing Joe User how powerful their linear particle > > accelerator is? Why try to make something complicated appear simple to > > lure people in? > > To use your example, we want to show Joe Congressman that it can do neat > things that he's willing to pay for. In the real world, this is Joe > Boss. Actually, [and my father worked at LANL for many years, he can > attest to this] lots of their time was spent making wow-gosh-gee-whiz > demos to impress Congress, DOD and media people. > > I'm not trying to imply that setup to do these things is simple, only > that it can do amazing things when set up. The reality is that many > users will fall away when they discover that it takes some thought to > understand [even if it still doesn't crash!], but some will stay, and it > doesn't take much of a percentage of a few hundred thousand disk-testers > to stick to add measurably to our user base. Some smaller percentage of > those will actually learn enough that they start to get the courage to > contribute code, as I'm now just starting to do myself after almost 3 > years of FreeBSD experience. The big point is that we will impress all > of those users who take the time to load the disk, and if they ever do > need a serious OS, they will consider FreeBSD in a positive light. > I whole heartedly agree with you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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