FreeBSD as a Desktop Article

2006-01-04 Thread James Cornell
Hello. Long time FreeBSD user, new to the advocacy mailing list. I've written a nice article about desktop adoption elaborating on 4 solutions which need work on FreeBSD. (Java, Flash, Real, Acrobat) http://www.shadowdev.org/?p=24 This is an advocacy article, explaining that these titles are av

Market penetration?

2006-01-04 Thread Larry Rosenman
I was asked the following question, and didn't know where to turn: So, can anybody point me to some adoption statistics about BSD? I'd like to help my $EMPLOYER support FreeBSD, but that question keeps coming up. Any help here? Thanks, LER -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerc

Re: Market penetration?

2006-01-04 Thread Brad Schonhorst
On Jan 4, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Larry Rosenman wrote: I was asked the following question, and didn't know where to turn: So, can anybody point me to some adoption statistics about BSD? I'd like to help my $EMPLOYER support FreeBSD, but that question keeps coming up. Any help here? Hey Larry-

New logo and business acceptance

2006-01-04 Thread Christophe RAMON
I read that "A new logo for FreeBSD should make the product more acceptable fo business purposes". Do IT professionals really choose an OS (or not) partly because of its logo ? Should ORACLE (and others) be more interested in porting their products to FreeBSD when beastie leaves the scene ? I think