From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Nov 24 15:28:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22269 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:28:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA22254 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:28:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA02349; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:27:20 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981124155935.064ed4c0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: brett@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:01:32 -0700 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD? Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <48004.911945650@zippy.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 02:14 PM 11/24/98 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/16107.html > >FreeBSD probably wasn't on their radar. More helpful indeed would any >suggestions on your part (and possibly organizational efforts) on what >it takes to get on mexican radar screens. > >As is my usual gripe in advocacy, what we really need around here >aren't a bunch of firemen who arrive at the scene of the fire well >after it has already consumed the building and stand around saying >meaningful things like "This was a fire! It appears to have burned >down the building! Fires are bad, someone should do something." The problem is that, because Walnut Creek is really the source for the CD-ROMs, folks here are powerless to do very much. The best we can do is point out that there's a fire and encourage them to do something. The article and its author will be the best sources. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message