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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!insync!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.pbi.net!news5.crl.com!nexp.crl.com!usenet From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: The only way to keep FreeBSD viable in competition with linux Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 14:23:37 -0800 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 30 Message-ID: <32C1A969.2781E494@FreeBSD.org> References: <sehari.851369526@eng3.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) To: "Babak $ehari" <sehari@iastate.edu> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33143 Babak $ehari wrote: > examples of these. Therefore, those who care to keep FreeBSD alive > should start thinking hard to ways to confront Linux head to head, > > [many points deleted, some good some bad] I think you make some good points regarding certain types of boostership we're lacking, and there should indeed be a large and active FreeBSD user contingent which makes "evangelism" its #1 goal. Such groups exist now, though perhaps not as well-organized as they could be, and I'd welcome anyone reading this message to get in touch with us via email (freebsd-doc@freebsd.org being probably the most apropos mailing list) if they're interested in serving in such organizational roles. I disagree, however, that neglect in these areas alone would cause FreeBSD to "fade away" as you say. I think the market is far more multidimensional than a lot of people see it and there is, in reality, no such thing as "one UNIX market." There are many existing and potential UNIX markets, and they span a very wide spectrum of users. It would be folly to say that all of them respond to the same kinds of product features or marketing techniques, and the fact remains that Linux and FreeBSD are still VERY different products, regardless of what code they may have in common. Don't worry, we know what our strengths are and many of us are working quite hard to play to those strengths. The wheel goes not nearly so unmanned as you might think. -- - Jordan Hubbard President, FreeBSD Project