From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 03:44:27 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 233CD16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:44:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A287143D39 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:44:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1107.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 8CA6D1C0008B for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:44:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1107.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 658191C00086 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:44:25 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050212034425415.658191C00086@mwinf1107.wanadoo.fr Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:44:25 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <583702950.20050212044425@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1108178253.46376.11.camel@p4> References: <200502112325.j1BNPw201164@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <1108168477.45718.19.camel@p4><1108178253.46376.11.camel@p4> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 03:44:27 -0000 Robert Marella writes: > As far as the codebase question, he was not the one to bring it up. If > I can read between his lines, I understand that when you go in front > of the suits you can't tell them RTFM. You have to explain why FreeBSD > is head and shoulders above the leader of the pack. Yes. Things to remember if you must present FreeBSD to "suits" (not an exhaustive list): - You must provide sound arguments and/or hard data to support your suggestions. "FreeBSD is just great!" will not do. - You must provide costs. "It's free" won't do. Nothing is ever free. If you don't have costs, either you aren't being serious, or you haven't done your homework. - You cannot killfile anyone who asks questions that you don't like. - Calling the suits stupid because they refuse to unconditionally agree with you guarantees failure. Do not throw tantrums. - You must be confident, but not arrogant. Stick to your guns when you are discussing something that you know to be objectively true, but do not argue about opinions. - You must know exactly what point you wish to make to the suits, and you must stick to it. A long discussion of how much you love Beastie will not impress. - You need to leave documentation with them, including a copy of your presentation. - You need to explain how they will obtain support when something goes wrong. "Nothing ever goes wrong!" will not work. - You need to explain how FreeBSD will fit in with their IT strategy. It's up to you to research this; it is not up to them to figure it out. - Don't knock the competition unless you can objectively back up what you say (even then, be judicious). - Be prepared to address legal issues, such as licensing, patents, and copyrights. - If you say "If you don't like it this way, go somewhere else," they will. > The Suits hold the purse strings. They read the newspaper. They see the > advertisements. They hear the hype. They say, "We were thinking of an MS > solution. Why would we use FreeBSD? What is wrong with Linux as an > alternative". Yes. -- Anthony