Re: AW: Why Are You Using FreeBSD?

2012-06-16 Thread Julian H. Stacey
FreeBSD should position itself as the best product for newcomers to the UNIX-world. No. It could damage FreeBSD. At present we largely just need to educate newcomers from eg Linux etc (who already know some Unix), We don't need to be swamped with noise from lots of clueless Microsoft zeroes,

Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD?

2012-06-15 Thread Allen
On 5/31/2012 4:58 AM, David Chisnall wrote: Thanks to all who replied, both on and off list. I've attempted to distill the replies that I got into a coherent summary. I've put the draft on the wiki here: http://wiki.freebsd.org/WhyUseFreeBSD Feedback welcome! I thought it was nice :) I

AW: Why Are You Using FreeBSD?

2012-06-15 Thread Jozef Baum
Linux user can switch. FreeBSD should position itself as the best product for newcomers to the UNIX-world. -- Von: Allen unix.hac...@comcast.net Datum: Samstag, 16. Juni 2012 00:28 An: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Betreff: Re: Why Are You Using

Re: Why Are You Using FreeBSD?

2012-05-31 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 31/05/2012 09:58, David Chisnall wrote: http://wiki.freebsd.org/WhyUseFreeBSD I am currently looking at updating some of our advocacy material (which advertises exciting new features like SMP support), and before I do I'd like to get a better feel for why the rest of you are using