Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:58:54 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Dale Wilde <DWilde@compuserve.com>, "[unknown]" <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Talk Message-ID: <19981014235854.16599@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199810141051_MC2-5CA1-6927@compuserve.com>; from Dale Wilde on Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 10:51:19AM -0400 References: <199810141051_MC2-5CA1-6927@compuserve.com>
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On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 10:51:19AM -0400, Dale Wilde wrote: > Hi, Eivind - > How about a common-grounds topic like getting payware producers to > fess up to their file formats and API's? That's the one thing that holds > all freeware development back from the desktop marketplace, and it hurts > both Linux and BSD app developers. You'd be a hit. See my > http://www.daemonnews.org/corporate.html, also Eric Fair (fair@clock.org) > wrote an even better piece a year ago which I don't have the URL for right > now (I'm on vacation, yay!) Have a fun vacation! I think I got an idea for what to talk about: The challenges that is in front of each of the major Open Source OSen, including the common challenges. This should give a good platform for saying things about FreeBSD (which raise awareness), without alienating the Linux crowd (and while not seeming totally religious). Thanks to those that have responded so far; any contributions welcome :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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