"Martin J. Laubach" <mjl@emsi.priv.at> writes:
> Just as a side note, I switched strategy recently. Instead of
> extolling the virtues of NetBSD (most people wouldn't recognise
> clean code, less care for it), being questioned about what I'd
> advise them to run, I mention I'm running NetBSD, "but for your
> level of expertise/your specific problem/your application, you
> are probably better off running Linux, or FreeBSD, which is far
> easier to install".
> 
>   Suddenly about five people around here are starting to use
> (or at least try out) NetBSD. Psychology works :)

I've used this, too. "NetBSD is really for experts, you would probably 
be better off sticking with something else until you get some
experience" has worked for me. OTOH, it can't work as a long term
strategy, because ultimately we would want more than just the people
we could get that way.

Perry