RE: Where is FreeBSD going?
From: Munden, Randall J (Randall.Munden_at_umb.com)
Date: 01/06/04
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Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:05:20 -0600 To: "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org>, <chris@randomcamel.net>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
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> From: Brett Glass [mailto:brett@lariat.org]
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:16 PM
> To: Munden, Randall J; chris@randomcamel.net;
> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: Where is FreeBSD going?
>
>
> At 04:00 PM 1/5/2004, Munden, Randall J wrote:
>
> >I think this is what is on my mind these days. I'm
> preparing to load
> >up some machines for production soon (I've already put it
> off for too
> >long waiting for 5-STABLE) and I don't like what I'm seeing -- with
> >both the mud slinging here and the performance in the lab (mostly
> >anecdotal).
>
> I don't think that *this* conversation is mud slinging.
> What's happening on Slashdot, on the other hand, is.
Right, I typed that wrong. This conversation certainly isn't mud
slinging -- open, honest discussion can do nothing but good [no
matter the outcome].
Honestly, I picked up the troll thread because I'm curious as to
why someone would commit so much time in effort to trolling
these lists. In my experience it's a good idea to explore the
reasoning behind that type of dedication (faulty or not) for no
other reason that discovery. On-the-other-hand some people
accuse me of being obsessive about information. /me shrugs
All I can do now is apologize for 'feeding the troll' or rather,
sorry for calling attention to a subject that may be painful,
cliché or overused to others.
>
> >>
> >> FreeBSD also keeps falling farther and farther behind Linux
> >> in the area of advocacy (and, hence, corporate adoption).
> >> Again, this is a governance
> >> issue. Many of the developers actually have an antipathy
> >> toward advocacy,
> >> since they dislike answering newbie FAQs and don't want too
> >> many people to adopt the OS for fear that it'll overcrowd
> >> their "sandbox." So, some of the criticism is actually valid.
> >
> >I noticed it too but I just chalked it up to being crazy
> busy and not
> >paying much attention.
>
> Nope, it's not because you're too busy. It's true. FreeBSD is
> getting fewer mentions in the mainstream press, and fewer
> commercial apps, lately. Linux is mentioned as if it was the
> ONLY alternative to Windows. Work is needed to raise
> FreeBSD's profile.
Which leads me to query, given limited time an resources, what can
I do? I've moved many a production server to fBSD over the
last 10 or so years -- some of them literally -- by blathering
nonstop about the virtues of the OS. So what else is there? Do I
need to start writing documentation or publishing and pimping more
Howtos on the intarweb? Should I brush up on my C and start patching?
Frankly, I'd never given thought to providing more effort. The OS
has always done it's own advocacy in my experience.
>
> --Brett
>
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