From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Feb 14 14:31:21 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA18907 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:31:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA18902 for ; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:31:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA02762; Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:31:15 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990214152753.00b239d0@mail.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:29:54 -0700 To: Gregory Sutter From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day: Watch out for Linux tactics Cc: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, Gary Kline , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19990214142331.Q22179@orcrist.mediacity.com> References: <4.1.19990214130237.00a618d0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990214114417.03fa0480@mail.lariat.org> <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> <19990213134206.A10635@mooseriver.com> <4.1.19990214114417.03fa0480@mail.lariat.org> <19990214114602.P22179@orcrist.mediacity.com> <4.1.19990214130237.00a618d0@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 02:23 PM 2/14/99 -0800, Gregory Sutter wrote: >Brett, this is ridiculous. He has every right to limit this movement >to open-source OSes if he wants to. As he says, if you don't like it, >go ahead and organize your own refund effort. I suppose you would >also like it if Daemon News started reporting Linux and Microsoft >programs/achievements, to somehow prove that we "deem them acceptable"? I'd say that this situation is rather different. He is specifically excluding people with an interest in the issue at hand because he doesn't like to OSes they run. >> >Just admit that, for this one day, all Open >> >Source (and even all non-Microsoft) OSes have a common enemy. >> >> I will, but Rick won't. And you can bet that, when the press comes >> to call, he'll promote this as a Linux-only effort, making the BAFUG >> members and organizers feel foolish for lending their support. But >[...] >> Because that's Rick's goal, denials to the contrary. > >When you prove yourself as adept a mind-reader as you claim, I will >begin to believe your largely-unfounded statements. Watch what he does tomorrow. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message