hi

[Saifi Khan]

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Wojciech Puchar
<wojtek at wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> wrote:
>> FreeBSD popularity will be affected if the big cats (ie. networking
>> companies) continue to ""not contribute"" back the
>
> this will affect their sales - FreeBSD user will simply buy network card
> from another manufacturer.
>

How a "new" user becomes a FreeBSD user ? by buying network cards all the time ?

The existing users provide continuity not growth. To be popular
FreeBSD needs growth.
Growth comes from new users !

Do you see my point ?

>> Does anybody know where FreeBSD (in particular) (NetBSD and OpenBSD)
>> is headed ? What is the road map ?
>
> i wish the same as is now. STABLE & FAST unix-type operating environment.
>

Does anybody know where FreeBSD is headed ?

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thanks
Saifi.