Subject: Re: your mail
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Andy Doran <ad@psn.ie>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 04/20/1999 04:36:20
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, Jonathan Stone wrote:

> Makes me think is if the world knows about Linux, and FreeBSD, and
> that's it.

Funny, the FreeBSD people say the world only knows Linux :).

> The take-home lesson seems to be that NetBSD's brand-name recognition
> is way, way below most people's radar horizons (One might say that's a
> failing of Core, but then it doesn't seem to have been a real
> priority).  But since NetBSD is not _known_, it doesn't get mentioned
> (or gets incorreclty identified). Which becomes a vicious circle.

I agree. It sucks, but image and ``packaging'' are everything. For an
example, take a look at the number of strong logos that MS and FreeBSD
have. Does the phrase, "The Power to Serve" sound familiar? We would do
well to have such things too.

Andy.