Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 11:00:48 -0800 From: Brian Raynes <brian_raynes@dnr.state.ak.us> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, freebsd advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: leading questions for interview? Message-ID: <3D516E60.8C75586@dnr.state.ak.us> References: <20020807131102.A48105@blackhelicopters.org>
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Michael Lucas wrote:
>
> Guys,
>
> I'm going to be interviewed for a Net radio talk show, Computer Beat
> (www.compbeat.com) for my newly-released FreeBSD book.
>
> Much to my surprise, I have the opportunity to offer the interviewer
> some questions that I would like to be asked. While I have a couple
> boring, basic questions, I'm sure there are good questions out there.
>
> I'd like to take the opportunity to do some general FreeBSD advocacy,
> as fifteen minutes is a long time to talk about a book. ("It's good!
> Buy it!") I am drawing a blank on questions that would be of interest
> to a general audience. Everything I can think of is stuff like "How
> is SMP/MAC/KSE coming along, which would be of interest to people in
> the BSD crowd but not beyond.
>
> The audience is computer literate, but not necessarily BSD-literate.
>
> Any ideas, anyone?
How about this, as it tends to get a lot of comment/response on daily
daemonnews and the like:
What is the state/future of Java support for FreeBSD?
Note that I don't do Java development, so it's merely curiosity, but
java _apps_ have been pretty useful to me in other contexts.
You could also mention or answer what your favorite apps for common uses
are:
Favorite word processor, text editor (if different), web browser,
cd-burning front-end, desktop environment (KDE, GNOME, etc.). You've
probably covered some of this in your other writings, which I've enjoyed
BTW, but your answers might provide insight into what runs (best/at all)
on FreeBSD. It's not a mystery to us, but might be to some non-BSD
people.
Brian Raynes
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