BSD Video Podcast

2013-09-06 Thread Andrew
There's a new BSD podcast that's just started. First episode was really good, thought I'd share with the list. Interviews, tutorials, news, lots of fun stuff. http://www.bsdnow.tv/about One of the hosts is the founder of PCBSD even! ___ freebsd-advoca

Re: Flash Player on FreeBSD

2006-04-11 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 4/10/06, Jeff Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder what got Linux on board? Well, what do you think? Do you think Microsoft paid Macromedia to include the player in Win98 or do you think Macromedia paid through the nose to get there? I think much effort should be spent to make hardware

Re: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall

2007-03-14 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 3/14/07, Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Wrong time wrong place. Not voting for Ubuntu/Debian is the same as voting against it. In this respect it can hurt us very much. Why throw away your vote when you could vote for a group with the same philosophical and political views as us? Y

Re: mockup of BSD news/articles site

2007-04-12 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 4/12/07, Sam Lawrance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is a one page mockup I have been fiddling with in my spare time: http://bsdtn.com/ There's no content, it's really just an exercise in the type of site I would like to see carrying sexy-looking FreeBSD news. Just throwing it out there fo

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Gould
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:28 AM, wrote: > >> That whoever wrote that post is very closed minded, has no problem >> condemning something prior to investigation, and perhaps wears a pair of >> glasses that only come in one shade. > > Oracle is an expensive business application that is expected to b

Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD?

2012-04-28 Thread Andrew Young
> Andy Young 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 i

Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD?

2012-04-28 Thread Andrew Young
>> Andy Young >> 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 lea

Re: Ways to promote FreeBSD?

2012-04-28 Thread Andrew Young
here! 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. >> > > Hi A

RE: advocacy/188031: Contradictions between the FAQ and the Handbook

2014-03-28 Thread Andrew Moseman
The following reply was made to PR advocacy/188031; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Andrew Moseman To: Kim Lesmer , "freebsd-gnats-sub...@freebsd.org" Cc: Subject: RE: advocacy/188031: Contradictions between the FAQ and the Handbook Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:32:55 +

Re: BSD Certification Group press release

2005-03-16 Thread Andrew L. Gould
cation itself. Andrew L. Gould ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: A good laugh for FBSD people (I hope)

2005-03-30 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Wednesday 30 March 2005 11:26 am, twig les wrote: > Rather unorthodox post, but this surely gave my stomach muscles > a workout. Apparently FBSD and Apple are the mark(s) of the > beast. > > http://objective.jesussave.us/propaganda.html > > Scroll down to the addendums. Please fight the tempta

Re: Want a logo competition? Do it properly.

2005-05-06 Thread Andrew L. Gould
d people. Using FreeBSD isn't some sort of god-given right. Often, we users could have a little more humility, show a little more appreciation and be a little less upity. (Did I spell that right?) Respectfully, Andrew Gould ___ freebs

Re: Want a logo competition? Do it properly.

2005-05-06 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Friday 06 May 2005 05:34 pm, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > "Andrew L. Gould" wrote: > > On Friday 06 May 2005 04:10 pm, Dan Langille wrote: > > > On 6 May 2005 at 15:01, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > > > > Wouldn't it be more fair to everyone if every

Re: Want a logo competition? Do it properly.

2005-05-07 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Saturday 07 May 2005 06:22 am, Fafa Hafiz Krantz wrote: > > > No. > > > > As a user that has reaped far more benefit from the FreeBSD, and > > thus from its developers, than I could ever contribute, I agree > > with Dan's rather concise answer. > > That is your manifesto. > > FreeBSD is more dep

FYI: FreeBSD entry on Wikipedia

2005-06-19 Thread Andrew L. Gould
For those of you who haven't seen it, FreeBSD has an entry in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebsd Best regards, Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-adv

Re: Explaining FreeBSD features

2005-06-20 Thread Andrew L. Gould
nderestimate them (but make sure to provide a list of references for further reading). If they need the discussion "dumbed down", your probably wasting both your time and theirs. I could be completely wrong; but that's my 2 cents. Andrew Gould __

Re: Explaining FreeBSD features

2005-06-22 Thread Andrew L. Gould
Any time you modify a professional tool to make it accessible to all, the tool loses some level of efficiency or power. In the case of FreeBSD, it would also absorb valuable development resources. All of this reminds me of a book I saw at Barnes & Noble last year: "Bioinfomatics for D

Re: Explaining FreeBSD features

2005-06-23 Thread Andrew L. Gould
st. > > David I have, on occasion, used "RTFM", ignoring the "F"; but not thinking about whether the reader would ignore it as well -- poor form on my part. I will certainly drop the "F" in the future. Thanks for the lesson. ;-) Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Macromedia Flash for FreeBSD petition

2006-01-07 Thread Andrew L. Gould
y may care, however, that media created using Flash cannot reach a certain market. This devalues Flash to web developers. My comment in the petition is that I will not switch from FreeBSD simply for Flash. Andrew ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Flash Petition (Was Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop Article)

2006-01-10 Thread Andrew L. Gould
e's an excellent example of > the point I'm trying to make: Last year my company wanted to build a > flash website. I put my foot down and said no, not everyone can use or > see flash websites. Macromedia lost a $999 dollar sale. > > > > > What about the FreeBSD F

Re: Flash Petition (Was Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop Article)

2006-01-10 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 08:45:13 -0600 Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/9/06, Andrew L. Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 05:32:48 -0600 > > Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 1/8/06, Marc G. Fo

Re: Flash Petition (Was Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop Article)

2006-01-11 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:57:28 - Tim Greening-Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew L. Gould > > Sent: 09 January 2006 14:12 >

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew L. Gould
g support and accountability. These things are impossible to provide without payroll expenses. 3. Red Hat employs many open source developers, many of whom work on projects other than Linux (postgresql, for example). Andrew Gould ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: BSD Mall : to hell

2006-02-24 Thread Andrew L. Gould
or-profit entity. In fact, the "E" in Red Hat EL stands for "Enterprise". You, as an individual, are not the targetted market for that product. 3. Red Hat has, historically, been a good player in the open source community. In fact, their operating system **is** available for free. If