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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newsfeed.pitt.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!aah+ From: Andrew Houghton <aah+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Walnut Creek FreeBSD ad copy Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 14:48:08 -0400 Organization: Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 30 Message-ID: <Am4r3cy00YUv09fPc0@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po9.andrew.cmu.edu This is just a little note of disappointment.. I've been using FreeBSD for over two years; I'm a subscription holder for the release CD's, and I just received the 2.1.5 CD, along with the latest Walnut Creek brochure (which is what prompted this post). Can't anyone come up with better copy for the FreeBSD vs. Linux page? It's rare for me to see ad copy which so effectively makes a system (in this case FreeBSD) appear the less appealing.. especially from the company which supports it. I can understand the positioning of FreeBSD as the more 'conservative' OS choice.. what I can't understand is why Walnut Creek would apparently work so hard to make FreeBSD appear a *worse* choice for someone looking to get some flavor of un*x on their PC. If I were to start paging through the Walnut Creek catalog, with no background or understanding of the issues involved, there is no doubt that I would choose Linux, based solely on the ad copy. There *must* be quotes someone can pull from one of the articles which have discussed FreeBSD. There must be some way to make FreeBSD appear equally interesting to the hobbyist or first-time system hacker as Linux. Am I the only one who notices or cares about these things? Am I over-reacting? I vaguely remember some traffic ~5 or 6 months ago regarding something equivalent. At the time, I think Jordan said something along the lines of "it's out of my hands, the W.C. ad isn't controlled by me." Can we make constructive criticism? To whom? - Andrew Houghton