Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 13:07:47 -0800 From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD in the Press Message-ID: <199803082107.NAA22905@rah.star-gate.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 08 Mar 1998 12:47:37 PST." <199803082047.MAA12954@kithrup.com>
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Oops, gross omission on my part: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> was quoted: "Monopolies, in general, are bad for innovation, said Sean Eric Fagan, 30, a San Jose programmer who has worked as a professional coder for 12 years. "They spur some innovations at the beginning, where there is still a chance that someone else can into the market, and at the end, when someone does break in. In between, however, monopolies discourage other from trying. Microsoft is no exception." There is some innovation in the computer in the computer world, Fagan said, but because of Microsoft, "Joe Q. Public has almost no chance of ever seeing an improved operating system." As for Gate's repeated characterization of Microsoft as innovator -- "the main way Microsoft "help" innovation is, if it sees a competitor doing something that people like, it either buys the competitor or else just puts the same feature(s) into its own product." The result hardly innovates. "By virtue of its size and market dominance, Microsoft can offer a more limited , buggy or less satisfactory implementation of the feature and still end up pushing the competitor out of business," Fagan's sentiments are common, if not understated...." ------- So just get off your lazy butts and setup a cool FreeBSD Technology Web Page. Who knows cool writers like Eric may get world wide attention . Perhaps we can get the people to rally behind us by writing a nice newspaper article with themes similar to : Why Uncle FreeBSD wants your dollar, Freeing The Future of Cyberspace, You Can Make A Difference!!. Amancio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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