>> 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). >
Very cool. Thanks for the tip! > >>> 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 Thanks 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"
