boot banner project

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "/dev/null" <null at dnswatch.com>
> To: "Toxa" <postfix at sendmail.ru>
> Cc: <freebsd-current at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 11:50 PM
> Subject: Re: boot banner project
>
>> Fair enough. Just so you can better appreciate *my* personal
>> preference(s).
>> I have 30+ servers. All of which originally were running some sort of
>> M$
>> product. It may interest you to know that only *2* of them have M$ on
>> them
>> now. Their days are numbered. ;) Now, I do find that "clicking around"
>> *can* be the most effecient way to accomplish some things. *IF* the
>> path
>> to the destination is the shortest. Unfortunately for M$ products, the
>> newer the product, the *longer* the path - getting things done w/ a
>> mouse
>> in M$ requires taking the scenic route. So, having found that FreeBSD
>> is
>> by far and away the most *effeciently* functioning OS available. I
>> naturally chose it for those servers. The fact that I chose it should
>> say
>> something for character, no? While what I propose for the boot scrn
>> does
>> potentially add some more bits to ones install image. It is *optional*
>> meaning it is not a requirement. Remember, alot of FBSD installs are
>> workstations (a place for computer enthusiasts and the likes) that
>> simply
>> provide a place to hold their digital toys and eye candy - provide
>> some
>> sort of visual stimuli. While this is not "my cup of tea" it is to a
>> large
>> number of ppl.
>> I realize this was a l o n g reply. But I had hopped that we might
>> have
>> a better understanding now and not turn this "opinion" into a *huge*
>> thread. :)
>
> If you have a systems room with a good collection of different OS's this
> gets me thinking about PR for your OS. Do you not want a way to show off
> to people that the servers are running FreeBSD, obviously the console
> screen savers do some of this for you, but if somebody sees a server
> rebooting and it's just a bunch of text scrolling past until you get to
> a login prompt, then you get nothing.
>
> Even just some ASCII art, indicating that it's 'Powered by FreeBSD' gets
> you PR for the OS for pretty much nothing. There are a lot of people out
> there, that might use FreeBSD, that use Linux, because they haven't even
> heard of FreeBSD and I would imagine that a PC that people see booting
> into something that is not windows will always be assumed to be Linux
> too, unless it is clearly stated somewhere during boot.

Or put perhaps another way - There is *nothing hotter* than a beautiful
empty headed blond. Or, nothing will get someones attention than a
beautiful empty headed blond. Except perhaps a green eyed red head. ;)

>
>
> Just a mad midnight thought.
>
>> -Chris
>>
>> P.S. My favorite place is still at the prompt.
>>
>
>

-Chris H.

P.S. This was not to insinuate FBSD was a useless OS, but rather, that
looks are everything (at first).
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