RE: Where is FreeBSD going?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brett Glass [mailto:brett@lariat.org]=20
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:16 PM
> To: Munden, Randall J; chris@randomcamel.net;=20
> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
> Subject: RE: Where is FreeBSD going?
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> At 04:00 PM 1/5/2004, Munden, Randall J wrote:
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> >I think this is what is on my mind these days.  I'm=20
> preparing to load=20
> >up some machines for production soon (I've already put it=20
> off for too=20
> >long waiting for 5-STABLE) and I don't like what I'm seeing -- with=20
> >both the mud slinging here and the performance in the lab (mostly=20
> >anecdotal).
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> I don't think that *this* conversation is mud slinging.=20
> 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=20
matter the outcome].

Honestly, I picked up the troll thread because I'm curious as to=20
why someone would commit so much time in effort to trolling=20
these lists.  In my experience it's a good idea to explore the=20
reasoning behind that type of dedication (faulty or not) for no
other reason that discovery.  On-the-other-hand some people=20
accuse me of being obsessive about information.  /me shrugs

All I can do now is apologize for 'feeding the troll' or rather,=20
sorry for calling attention to a subject that may be painful,=20
clich=E9 or overused to others.

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> >> FreeBSD also keeps falling farther and farther behind Linux
> >> in the area of advocacy (and, hence, corporate adoption).=20
> >> Again, this is a governance=20
> >> issue. Many of the developers actually have an antipathy=20
> >> toward advocacy,=20
> >> since they dislike answering newbie FAQs and don't want too=20
> >> many people to adopt the OS for fear that it'll overcrowd=20
> >> their "sandbox." So, some of the criticism is actually valid.
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> >I noticed it too but I just chalked it up to being crazy=20
> busy and not=20
> >paying much attention.
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> Nope, it's not because you're too busy. It's true. FreeBSD is=20
> getting fewer mentions in the mainstream press, and fewer=20
> commercial apps, lately. Linux is mentioned as if it was the=20
> ONLY alternative to Windows. Work is needed to raise=20
> FreeBSD's profile.

Which leads me to query, given limited time an resources, what can=20
I do?  I've moved many a production server to fBSD over the=20
last 10 or so years -- some of them literally -- by blathering=20
nonstop about the virtues of the OS.  So what else is there?  Do I=20
need to start writing documentation or publishing and pimping more=20
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=20
has always done it's own advocacy in my experience.

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> --Brett
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