Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 04:44:25 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as Message-ID: <583702950.20050212044425@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <1108178253.46376.11.camel@p4> References: <200502112325.j1BNPw201164@clunix.cl.msu.edu> <1108168477.45718.19.camel@p4><1108178253.46376.11.camel@p4>
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Robert Marella writes: > As far as the codebase question, he was not the one to bring it up. If > I can read between his lines, I understand that when you go in front > of the suits you can't tell them RTFM. You have to explain why FreeBSD > is head and shoulders above the leader of the pack. Yes. Things to remember if you must present FreeBSD to "suits" (not an exhaustive list): - You must provide sound arguments and/or hard data to support your suggestions. "FreeBSD is just great!" will not do. - You must provide costs. "It's free" won't do. Nothing is ever free. If you don't have costs, either you aren't being serious, or you haven't done your homework. - You cannot killfile anyone who asks questions that you don't like. - Calling the suits stupid because they refuse to unconditionally agree with you guarantees failure. Do not throw tantrums. - You must be confident, but not arrogant. Stick to your guns when you are discussing something that you know to be objectively true, but do not argue about opinions. - You must know exactly what point you wish to make to the suits, and you must stick to it. A long discussion of how much you love Beastie will not impress. - You need to leave documentation with them, including a copy of your presentation. - You need to explain how they will obtain support when something goes wrong. "Nothing ever goes wrong!" will not work. - You need to explain how FreeBSD will fit in with their IT strategy. It's up to you to research this; it is not up to them to figure it out. - Don't knock the competition unless you can objectively back up what you say (even then, be judicious). - Be prepared to address legal issues, such as licensing, patents, and copyrights. - If you say "If you don't like it this way, go somewhere else," they will. > The Suits hold the purse strings. They read the newspaper. They see the > advertisements. They hear the hype. They say, "We were thinking of an MS > solution. Why would we use FreeBSD? What is wrong with Linux as an > alternative". Yes. -- Anthony
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