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Date:      Thu, 04 Feb 1999 16:58:06 -0700
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Licia <licia@o-o.org>
Cc:        "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is there a reseller program?
Message-ID:  <36BA340E.BFE4E9B5@softweyr.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902040958551.15103-100000@o-o.org>

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Licia wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> > Sue Blake wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyway, we need more topics like this that bring the women out of hiding :-)
> >
> > Well, so far, on all freebsd lists I subscribe to, -advocacy seems
> > to be the one with the highest ratio of non-completely-lurking women
> > around... I wonder why... (well, aside from the nasty flame fests
> > that sometimes grace lists like -current)

We try to be a bit more civilized here, though I for one can get a bit
snippy when somebody starts throwing their weight around.  That just
doesn't cut it here, there's no need for childish antics.

> I tend to lurk so much primarily because I've had enough extremely
> unpleasant experiences regarding technical material in other forums (IRC for
> example) to make me very leary of exposing myself to such behavior again.

Ugh, IRC.  I gave that up about 4 months after it started; it became 
painfully aware that it was just an extension of the Compu$serve "cb
channels," with about the same level of maturity.  And this was in 
1994 -- I don't even want to imagine how much worse it is now.  ;^)

> The result is I tend not to make comments in the technical lists, unless it's
> something I feel fairly sure I will not be maltreated over.

You need an attitude adjustment - who's to say the opinion of the idiot
at the other end of the socket connection has any validity AT ALL, let
alone more validity than yours?

Just when you thought it was safe to go back on the net -- FreeBSD-advocacy
unleashes the "Licia-saurus!"  ;^)

-- 
             Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?

Wes Peters                                                     +1.801.915.2061
Softweyr LLC                                                  wes@softweyr.com

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