freebsd.com

[Julio Capote]

I think that the entire point of an IT deptartment, is to provide that
"geek abstraction"; no CEO goes to www.linux.com and decides to go with
linux for thier infastructure. They ask thier IT deptartment to make
those decisions. On the same token, no small business owner/executive is
going to goto www.freebsd.com and download an iso and install it on all
thier servers based on some marketing hype. Sites like www.redhat.com
are an exception because they are indeed a commercial entity that sells
services/products based on Linux, Freebsd has no such entity.

On the other hand, I am all for a redesigning of the .org website so
that looks a bit more professional (something like www.mozilla.org
maybe?), complete with OUR OWN forums, instead of using bsdforums.org. A
wiki would also be nice. Just my 2 cents..

- Julio





On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 17:45 -0600, Shawn Harrison wrote:
> Joshua Tinnin wrote [02/10/05 5:19 PM]:
> > On Thursday 10 February 2005 10:25 am, "Scott I. Remick" 
> > <scott at sremick.net> wrote:
> > <snip>
> > 
> >>Anyhow, on a side note: I still think the www.freebsd.COM site is an
> >>excellent idea. Hopefully some people with the time and skills can
> >>pull it off. That is not me, but they get my vote and gratitude.
> > 
> > 
> > Maybe I missed this ... what would be the purpose of freebsd.com? PR? 
> > Just curious ... maybe I could help out here.
> > 
> > - jt
> 
> An interface to FreeBSD that says, "Professional solutions for 
> enterprise IT management and infrastructure" rather than "Cool 
> open-source software project." You know, links like "Products, 
> Solutions, Partners" rather than "Bugs, Download, Community."
> 
> A counter example might be "Linux.com". Big headline today: "GNOME Photo 
> Printer: A nifty little app" To me, it screams, "Geek site." I think the 
> point is to create something that people who don't necessarily like 
> nifty apps and neat features would be persuaded by.
> 
> That's just my take on it. Hope I'm not stepping on any toes -- I think 
> FreeBSD.com is a great idea.