Re: The Linux Experiment

From: peter lageotakes (plageotakes_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 01/27/04

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    Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:23:55 -0800 (PST)
    To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com>, FreeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
    
    

    --- Johnson David <DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> wrote:
    > Chip Morton wrote:
    >
    > > Not FreeBSD related, but an interesting read from
    > the perspective of a
    > > veteran Windows user turned UNIX newbie.
    > >
    > >
    >
    http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,113746,pg,1,00.asp
    >
    > From the article:
    >
    > "I didn't want a Macintosh--for one thing, I didn't
    > want to move to a
    > new hardware platform. That left me just one other
    > choice: Linux."
    >
    > That a PC World editor only know of two operating
    > systems for the x86
    > platform is shameful. I could understand the average
    > Joe on the street
    > thinking that there's only Windows and Linux, but an
    > editor of a major
    > computer magazine?
    >
    > We really need to get the word out that FreeBSD
    > exists. Before we can
    > get to the point of promoting its features, we need
    > to promote its
    > existance!
    >
    > David
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    I agree with you 100% David. I have taken it upon
    myself to get as many stories about FreeBSD on
    osnews.com and slashdot.org as possible. It is my own
    personal media blitz.

    Pete

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