From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Apr 13 17:26:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA01967 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:26:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw02.execpc.com (mailgw02.execpc.com [169.207.16.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA01924 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:26:29 GMT (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (neptune-43.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.78.235]) by mailgw02.execpc.com (8.8.8) id TAA02024 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 19:26:10 -0500 (CDT) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA02363 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 19:26:01 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199804140026.TAA02363@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 19:25:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak Subject: Re: Open Source Products To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980413201541.65522@snark.thyrsus.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 13 Apr, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Wes Peters : >> Justin T. Gibbs wrote: >> > Pluto Technologies did over 4 million in sales last year and that number >> > is growing rapidly this year (we sold .5 million in product at NAB last >> > week). I'd be happy to send Mr. Raymond information about our product >> > if you can give the me appropriate contact info. >> >> Thanks, Justin. I tried to remember your name, your company name, and >> your product name, but couldn't come up with any of them. I'm glad you >> responded. >> >> I've CC'd this message to Eric S. Raymond so he can add >> your company to the OpenSource vendors page as well. I've also CC'd the >> FreeBSD chat list so other FreeBSD organizations will be inspired by it. >> >> Honestly, folks, I don't know if this will help FreeBSD, but I don't see >> how it can hurt. As W. C. Fields (or was it Mae West?) used to say, >> "There's no such thing as bad press, as long as they spell your name right." > > A 4 mil run rate is enough to at least keep VCs from laughing at us. > So I'll happily carry whatever product this is, despite my personal > belief that all of the the BSD variants are basically doomed to be eaten > by the giant expanding blob that is Linux. Ouch!! That feels like a kick in a tender spot. Pardon my stupidity, but what are VCs??? Frank > > (Can anyone convince me I'm wrong? Don't bother getting indignant at > me because I'm not at all happy about believing it. And don't bother > trying to convince me that BSD is in many ways technically superior to > Linux, because (a) I believe you, and (b) it doesn't matter. I think I > saw "Mene, mene, tekel, uparshin" on your wall when you guys failed to > outgrow Linux 0.99 back in 1994. But if anyone can spin a plausible > scenario under which the BSDs survive the next three years, I'd really > love to hear it.) -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message