Subject: Re: Community Issues ** LONG **
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 02/22/1999 09:09:33
On 21 Feb 1999, Michael Graff wrote:

> greywolf@starwolf.com (Trouble Free RecepPFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF) writes:
> 
> 
> I also don't think NetBSD has much of a chance without someone taking
> the PR lead and getting NetBSD to be more widely known.  It is very
> embarassing to see "works on FreeBSD and linux, and probably OpenBSD"
> but NO mention of NetBSD.

One thing that can be done (this was suggested a while back by someone,
but I don't recall who) is anytime one of us creates a package is to ask
the author of the program to create a link from the homepage of their
software to the NetBSD package.  As far as commercial software, I don't
have any great suggestions.

-Dan