Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 09:43:33 -0400 From: Andrew Young <ayoung@mosaicarchive.com> To: "glarkin@FreeBSD.org" <glarkin@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD? Message-ID: <D5CE1C14-34D4-471D-88BC-30D69C54833F@mosaicarchive.com> In-Reply-To: <4F9AEFD9.3050107@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAHMRaQf=M0ULOH=KnqzOXvczSM0Lb6apCoQkJegqyU3e8%2BgShA@mail.gmail.com> <4F9AEFD9.3050107@FreeBSD.org>
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> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 >=20 > On 4/27/12 10:16 AM, Andy Young wrote: >> After using Linux for almost 15 years, I only recently started >> using FreeBSD. I own an internet startup and was looking for a >> solution for implementing large-scale storage servers. In my >> research I found ZFS and subsequently found FreeBSD. As I learned >> more about it, I was incredibly impressed. There are so many >> elements of FreeBSD that I love, I've completely ditched Linux and >> am deploying FreeBSD exclusively on my company's server >> infrastructure. I can't help wonder why I hadn't heard all about it >> before. Sure, I knew the name, but I had never seen it in use,=20 >> either in college or in over ten years as a software developer >> since then. In contrast Linux is everywhere! Even though there are >> so many applications where FreeBSD seems to be a better or at least >> more mature solution. >>=20 >> What are the current efforts to promote and educate people on >> FreeBSD? I'd love to help spread the word. >>=20 >=20 > Hi Andrew, >=20 > Your message caught my eye because of your company name in your > signature. I thought I had seen it somewhere before, and I had - I > was at the VentureX competition at the abi when you won the grand prize! >=20 > I'm down the road in Hollis, NH, and I have been to a few of the > Wednesday meetups at the abi. I am a FreeBSD ports tree committer, > and like you, I found it a number of years ago after getting so > frustrated with the multitude of different Linux flavors. I needed an > OS that was packaged consistently, and the ports tree was a huge win > for me. >=20 > After submitting a number of PRs over the years, I was invited to > become a committer, and I have mentored other new committers since > then. If that is ever an interest to you, we should talk about it. >=20 > Anyway, I would be happy to meet with you to talk about FreeBSD in > general, as well as advocacy, if you want. I'm interested to learn > more about how you are managing your infrastructure, too. We > currently making heavy use of jails and are also in the midst of a > project implementing a Puppet-based server provisioning framework. >=20 > We could certainly give a short overview of FreeBSD in one of the > meetups at the abi, and maybe there's even call for a user group, if > there's enough interest in the area. >=20 > Cheers, > Greg >=20 Wow! Talk about a small world. I'd love to meet up. I'll send you a direct e= mail and maybe we can grab coffee or something next week.=20 > - --=20 > Greg Larkin >=20 > http://www.FreeBSD.org/ - The Power To Serve > http://www.sourcehosting.net/ - Ready. Set. Code. > http://twitter.com/cpucycle/ - Follow you, follow me > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >=20 > iEYEARECAAYFAk+a79kACgkQ0sRouByUApCR+gCePd4rfkcdyq0OuOecxOAbRz6Q > 5e4An15lkn9QRL6T9LvDgCMgYt4TATjp > =3DB/1h > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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