> Andy Young <ayo...@mosaicarchive.com> > wrote: > > After using Linux for almost 15 years, I only recently > started using > > FreeBSD. I own an internet startup and was looking for > a solution for > > implementing large-scale storage servers. In my > research I found ZFS and > > subsequently found FreeBSD. As I learned more about it, > I was incredibly > > impressed. There are so many elements of FreeBSD that I > love, > > Can you name a few? > > > I've > > completely ditched Linux and am deploying FreeBSD > exclusively on my > > company's server infrastructure. > > It would be interesting to read about your infrastructure, > the reasons > why you found FreeBSD to be a better fit than what you used > before, > challenges during deployment and migration, any resulting > performance/maintenance improvements, etc. > > A short article or a blog post with the above maybe?
The FreeBSD Foundation is always looking for testimonials from companies which use FreeBSD. A testimonial should include: - Why you use FreeBSD - How you have benefited - Why the reader (of this testimonial) should donate money to the foundation or contribute to the Project. It should be written by someone high up in the company, like a Director or VP. You can find examples at: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/testimonials.shtml And, you'll notice we include a link to the company next to the author's name. Testimonials can be sent directly to the Foundation at bo...@freebsdfoundation.org or to myself (I'm on the Foundation Board). > > I can't help wonder why I hadn't heard all > > about it before. Sure, I knew the name, but I had never > seen it in use, > > either in college or in over ten years as a software > developer since then. > > In contrast Linux is everywhere! Even though there are > so many applications > > where FreeBSD seems to be a better or at least more > mature solution. > > > > What are the current efforts to promote and educate > people on FreeBSD? I'd > > love to help spread the word. Writing an article for BSD Magazine is a good place to start: http://bsdmag.org/become-an-author Going further afield, write articles, reviews, or give interviews, etc. for places like distrowatch, hacker public radio, or other places that tech people hang out. If a tech place where you hang out doesn't have anything FreeBSD related, submit something. Give a presentation at a local user group or answer the call for papers at a technical conference. If you do something advocacy related, post the URL here or send it to myself so it can go on the @bsdevents twitter feed. Be creative, do something, and tell people what you did :-) Cheers, Dru _______________________________________________ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
