Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 16:42:45 +0100 (CET) From: Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org> To: Jeremiah Gowdy <jeremiah@sherline.com> Cc: Paul Robinson <paul@akita.co.uk>, David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NatWest? no thanks Message-ID: <20011102163728.F588-100000@howie.ncptiddische.net> In-Reply-To: <001f01c163ae$1f2ebaa0$aa00a8c0@cx443070b>
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On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > FreeBSD makes a beautiful server, and I would use nothing else. But as a > desktop, if we resist emulating Microsoft in any way, it's only our loss. > Microsoft didn't become the king of the desktop by introducing some radical > design. They took the best crap out of the others and combined them to make > something people would use. Hmm, forcing computer manufacturers to install their system is what made them successful - not very much more. If you turn on your TV set and have a look at CNN, you should see what I mean... > You can argue that it was all business tactics and whatnot, but I > remember the lines of people fighting over copies of Windows 95 back > in the day. With many millons of dollars for marketing and a few easy psychological tricks, I could get people to throw away their current PC and make them buy an 8 bit machine with 64 KB of RAM instead. Of course, I would not talk about the bits and the RAM, but I'd talk about easy to use, I'd mention the words "total cost of ownership", maybe something like "standard" - yes, all that stuff that sounds good. A few good looking TV spots will be helpful too. And then, I'd present *myself* as the best marketing tool, just like Bill Gates is Microsoft's mascot now (we have a daemon, they have a Gates). Oh, would my 8 bit machine sell fine!!! Greetings Nils Nils Holland Ti Systems - FreeBSD in Tiddische, Germany http://www.tisys.org * nils@tisys.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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