[nycbug-talk] Forbes Magazine on Linux and the BSDs. . .

[Dan Langille]

On 17 Jun 2005 at 10:43, Michael Shalayeff wrote:

> Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Dan Langille:
> > On 17 Jun 2005 at 10:11, Michael Shalayeff wrote:
> > 
> > > Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Jan Schaumann:
> > > -- Start of PGP signed section.
> > > > George <george at sddi.net> wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > > I personally think Theo's on the mark, and it's great publicity for BSDLand.
> > > > 
> > > > I'm not so sure if this is really such great publicity.  In my
> > > > experience, people who do not already know (in some detail) about BSD
> > > > are easily turned off by overly aggressive and deragotive remarks
> > > > regarding other OS.
> > > 
> > > yeah right.
> > > let's just close the eyes and pretend that shit is honey.
> > > kamon. linux IS rediculous.
> > 
> > It's not what you say, it is how you say it.  In my advocacy, I tend 
> > to point out the benefits of what I advocate, instead of [what I see 
> > to be] the deficiences of the 'competition'.
> 
> if you mean deficiences of the _competitor_ than
> yes that's what exactly the article sez -- it's deficient.
> 
> what is so wrong that is said there?
> it is a very politely expressed opinion -- linux is crap.
> is it not? would you prefer a nicer definition of "retarded"
> instead?
> 
> do you honestly believe that linux is a great piece of software?

You are either ignoring my point or overlooking it.

I will highlight it here:

> > It's not what you say, it is how you say it.  In my advocacy, I tend 
> > to point out the benefits of what I advocate, instead of [what I see 
> > to be] the deficiences of the 'competition'.

Let's use FreeBSD as something I advocate  In my strategy, and the 
one I encourage in others, is to show why what I like about FreeBSD.  
That should be sufficient.  If that isn't enough to convince people 
that FreeBSD is an excellent choice, then I haven't done my advocacy 
very well.  I can do that entirely without bad-mouthing another 
project.



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