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Date:      Sun, 4 Oct 1998 09:54:17 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Lanny Baron <beef@cybertouch.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement
Message-ID:  <19981004095417.E8240@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981003135633.1467F-100000@beef.cybertouch.org>; from Lanny Baron on Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 02:04:45PM -0400
References:  <12675.907416965@time.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.981003135633.1467F-100000@beef.cybertouch.org>

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On Saturday,  3 October 1998 at 14:04:45 -0400, Lanny Baron wrote:
> 	I dont quite understand what all this fighting is about. But
> Jordan, I only know you as the "boss man" of FreeBSD. There must be a lot
> of die-hard FreeBSD fans out here. Would it not be better to just try to
> organize, with some of those people, some ways we can help to promote
> FreeBSD? Lets face it, when its installed, its a great system.

That's basically what -advocacy is about.  What we were (originally)
discussing here was one aspect of how to do this most effectively.

> 	Not to put down FreeBSD, but when I contacted both cannon for my
> printer and real audio, they both said they have never heard of FreeBSD.
> Some how you must get your good name in journals or what ever these execs
> from large company's read.

Sure, we're not very evident.  But running around and beating your
chest doesn't help there.

Greg
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