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# 基金会来信：外联与支持

* 原文：[Foundation Letter: Outreach and Support](https://freebsdfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Letter-From-the-Foundation.pdf)
* 作者：**George Neville-Neil**

又到了 FreeBSD 基金会（FreeBSD 期刊的赞助方）呼吁大家为年终筹款活动捐款的时节。正如读者所知，FreeBSD 基金会支持 FreeBSD 项目的方方面面，而不仅是本刊。2016 年我们赞助了 BSD 会议，包括 AsiaBSDCon、BSDCan、EuroBSD，并在非 BSD 活动上开展了大量外联工作，使我们不仅能触及已知 FreeBSD 的人，也能触及应该更多了解 FreeBSD 的人。谈到外联，我想鼓励本刊每位读者把本期拿给朋友和同事看，并鼓励他们订阅，这也是壮大 FreeBSD 项目的另一种方式。

继续外联话题，本期 NYC\*BUG（纽约市 BSD 用户组）的 George Rosamond 撰文讲述如何创建 BSD 用户组。用户组是开源项目的根基之一。通过会议、演讲与本地会议，用户组让新人结识在同一软件上工作的人。如果你曾考虑创建 BSD 用户组，这篇文章不容错过。

FreeBSD 仍是新系统的优选平台。本期涵盖 Rust 与 Swift 这两种最新语言。引入新用户也意味着教育，本期还刊登了 Benedict Reuschling 与我合写的一篇文章，讲述我们用 FreeBSD 教授计算机科学本科生的经验。（我们课程的所有材料以 BSD 许可证发布在 teachbsd.org。）

本月的书评对象是一本非常特别且篇幅不算长的书。30 余年来，Fred Brooks 的《人月神话》一直是软件工程的中流砥柱。本期 John Baldwin 评论 Brooks 这部经典，并着眼于将其启示应用到 FreeBSD。

最后，我想再次呼吁支持 FreeBSD 基金会。帮助基金会达成并超越今年的筹款目标，才能确保 FreeBSD 项目在 2017 年及以后继续成功。

谢谢。

**George Neville-Neil**

FreeBSD 期刊主编、FreeBSD 基金会理事


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