From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 20 03:11:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C533016A402 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:11:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pittgoth.com (pittgoth.com [205.134.163.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787E513C46C for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:11:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (net-ix.gw.ai.net [205.134.160.6]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l3K2WHR3043517 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:32:17 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:31:44 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: Radu-Cristian FOTESCU Message-Id: <20070419223144.7c41d668.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <645737.6679.qm@web57705.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <645737.6679.qm@web57705.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Organization: The FreeBSD Project X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The sorry state of open source today X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:11:28 -0000 On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:39:16 -0400 (EDT) Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote: Hi! > Really, folks, what makes you so aggressive?! > > I was hurt, and disappointed. I was having higher expectations from the > FreeBSD guys. > > http://beranger.org/index.php?article=2858 > > R-C I wouldn't take DES' comments to be that aggressive or take much offense to them. After reading over some of the emails and his comments, in most cases it seemed more that he was pointing out that the Foundation isn't in control of the FreeBSD Project. This is true. There is, of course, a chance I missed a comment that was offensive. And if so, I'm sorry that it was missed; however, you need to understand that you acted like a reporter. You placed yourself in a position as a "public figure" and in a situation where people might disagree with what you had to say. Not everyone will like it. Not everyone will agree with you. It's true that the negative attention will of course be noticed much quicker and easier than the positive - that's just life. Furthermore, not to further offend you, I read the name of your article: "The sorry state of open source today" as more anti-open source comments from Microsoft drones and was a little unhappy until DES pointed out what it really was. Just take the good with the bad and just move on, you should have expected a mix of positive and negative reactions. Thanks, -- Tom Rhodes