Ways to promote FreeBSD?

[Andrew Young]

>> Andy Young <ayoung at 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 board at 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.