Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 22:17:56 -0500 From: Brian Adkins <brian@lojic.com> To: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Logo merchandise Message-ID: <4.1.19990328220722.00a35a60@mailbox.iwaynet.net> In-Reply-To: <36FEE807.81A413E3@confusion.net> References: <4.1.19990328201237.00a7be10@mailbox.iwaynet.net> <36FEC37B.BBE26454@uswest.net> <4.1.19990328203952.00a7d3e0@mailbox.iwaynet.net>
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At 09:40 PM 3/28/99 -0500, Laurence Berland wrote: >Anybody evaluating the OS shouldnt be on advocacy. The best place for that >would be -newbies or -questions. Actually, I think the advocacy lists are an excellent source of information in evaluating operating systems. One of the first things I did after installing FreeBSD is join the advocacy list so I could get a feel for where things were going. I personally think the vision and priorities of the project are very important factors in evaluating the OS. >The point of the -advocacy list is to spread >the word about FBSD. To get people interested. Or rather the list is a >discussion of how to get those people interested. It's not the place to go to >satisfy that interest. I admit the thread is a little silly, but still, it's >important that as many people wear a FreeBSD T-Shirt as possible. I don't disagree with getting a bunch of people to wear the T-Shirt's, I just thought it might be more appropriate to take the discussion somewhere else. >Once they >see >the T-Shirt and say "Hey, what in the world is that?" you tell them and they go >to www.freebsd.org, and maybe read some stuff and join -questions. They >dont go >to advocacy for an evaluation. If someone lurking here is looking for info, >then I recommend you go to -questions, where you'll get a view of FreeBSD. >This >isnt the place for that. It's the place for talking about conventions, >artwork, >advertising, and TShirts. Oh, my mistake - I thought advocacy had to do with the act of advocating, or speaking, or writing in support of something. In other words, if one was wondering why they should choose FreeBSD over Linux, NT, other BSD's, etc., they would check out the advocacy list for postings written in support of FreeBSD. Or if someone wanted to write such postings they post them to the advocacy list. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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