Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 22:18:38 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Phillip Salzman <saten@shell.zebra.net> Cc: "Jan B. Koum" <jkb@best.com>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD JVM crashes and burns in public... Message-ID: <35B2C51E.8CA33C9A@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980719142502.29988A-100000@shell.zebra.net>
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Phillip Salzman wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Jan B. Koum wrote: > > > > How is this suppose to us feel better?!?! Don't you understand that > > someone who has no clue and will read this article will thing that free > > software is crap? DON'T YOU? I'd rather have someone use Linux then > > Microsoft. Jeez... go read http://editorials.freshmeat.net/jordan980713/ > > Just because we are related (FreeBSD+Linux) at the free software > level does not mean we are friends. This is the real world, you do not > gain market share by having people use someone elses operating system. In this case, I believe you do. Linux is more known, but with most stuffed suits, there is little difference between Linux and "some other free unix." If Linux gets the door opened to free systems, FreeBSD can walk through that open door. In many ways, FreeBSD can suitably portray itself as an UPGRADE to Linux. The relationship is somewhat like the comparision between NT and 95: the same, only more. Faster, more reliable, runs on more limited hardware. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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