first thing first. i am sending emails on this list because i have already made my decision to use OpenBSD. my intention is not arguing about which OS is better. I understand (for myself) that, OpenBSD is best (for me). But, a good thing (that presentation attempt), is a good thing. And, to wish (or ask if it is already there) to have such good thing for us too, is not a bad thing... I promise, when I know about OpenBSD in so much depth, I will put out something like that myself.
________________________________ ~~Kalyan-mastu~~ ----- Original Message ---- From: visc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: misc@openbsd.org Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2007 2:35:46 AM Subject: Re: freeBSD7.0 advertised. On 8-Dec-07, at 10:57 PM, STeve Andre' wrote: > On Sunday 09 December 2007 00:27:01 badeguruji wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is there anything on OpenBSD like the one below for >> FreeBSD. It presents material very clearly and >> cleanly, makes look freebsd very attractive. >> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0 >> Preview.pdf >> >> Thank you. >> >> -BG > > Not really. OpenBSD doesn't attempt to market itself. You can look > at the 4.2 page to see all the new things in 4.2, or scroll back in > time > by looking at earlier pages. > > Given that a new release comes out every six months, releases don't > tend to have a lot of show-biz flash to them. They give useful data > but aren't for the masses. > > Really, you want to do a lot of reading on the web site. Do that > and you'll get good idea of what OpenBSD is "about". > > --STeve Andre' > > Newbie commenter here, but I feel the need to chime in. It my be the rum talking, but i digress.. As somebody who has thought very long and hard about leaving the OSX church, and then which open source system to support, and then which *bsd to support, I hope my choice of OpenBSD can at least be heard. There is a comic related to the 4.2 release (which I'm too lazy to find and reference at the moment) in which "puffy" and other related creatures are in a race. Yes, I know the comic was OpenBSD produced and centric, but it hit home anyway. There is a frame that shows a Daemon (representative of FreeBSD) racing a penguin. That kind of solidified for me the feeling I always had using FreeBSD that it was trying to be/compete with Linux. Don't get me wrong, I applaud the FreeBSD team, but I'm not interested in another religious OS argument. I can get that with OSX vs Windows. I love arguing OS vs OS with people, but my choice to support OpenBSD was based on the fact that it doesn't want to play that game. It's an OS to choose based on it's merits, not it's name. OpenBSD is not trying to supplant another OS, it is not trying to become a religion, it is simply trying to be a secure and proper BSD implementation. And that's what I want. Advertising would certainly help where it's needed, ie cash and hardware, but that is a secondary goal (from my understanding). You have here an OS with modest yet commendable goals that isn't making OS "penis size" it's number one goal. OpenBSD has it's goals and it is trying to achieve them. Yes, I'd love to see OpenBSD ads out there. But there needs to be a balance between "hey, I'm awesome, use me." and "Wow, that's awesome, I'll buy a CD." FreeBSD is in the same boat. The beauty of OpenBSD is that it tries to exist on it's merits. To me, OpenBSD's merits are greater than FreeBSDs. Ultimately people need to be pointed to donate their time/money/ efforts to projects that they see value in. I know OpenBSD is fairly "stuffy puffy" in it's philosopy, but that's what it is. People who agree with that ideal will seek it out. Yes, it'd be great to see magazine ads, but ultimately the great paradox comes into play - OpenBSD needs donations to progress - progress can't happen without users - users want a good product - a good product in this arena needs donations. /ramble off
