From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Apr 3 16:30:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mail0.bna.bellsouth.net (mail0.bna.bellsouth.net [205.152.150.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D809437B71F for ; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 16:30:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roundeye@roundeye.net) Received: from mail.roundeye.net (adsl-78-144-96.bna.bellsouth.net [216.78.144.96]) by mail0.bna.bellsouth.net (3.3.5alt/0.75.2) with ESMTP id TAA11036; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:30:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from rick@localhost) by mail.roundeye.net (8.10.1/8.9.3) id f33NUBk18610; Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:30:11 -0500 Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:30:11 -0500 From: Rick Bradley To: Dennis Cc: "T. William Wells" , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [OT] Re: Intel driver doc's Take 2. Message-ID: <20010403183011.N1537@negwo.roundeye.net> References: <5.0.0.25.0.20010331151458.0220ab10@mail.etinc.com> <5.0.0.25.0.20010403191622.02cbd8a0@mail.etinc.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.0.20010403191622.02cbd8a0@mail.etinc.com>; from dennis@etinc.com on Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 07:33:27PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Dennis (dennis@etinc.com) [010403 18:17]: > >I am opposed to supporting individuals or corporations whose > >principals cannot manage simple disagreements with civility. It > >makes it clear what the consequences will be _to me_ should I, in > >my capacity as consultant, ever have a dispute with such an > >individual or organization. I don't need that sort of stress nor > >would I be willing to expose my clients to such behavior. [...] > This "consumer" attitude that you are doing a company a favor by buying > something from them is completely misguided. Most companies are not > some ISP or consultant struggling to pay its bills. WE are doing you a > favor by making our technology available to you at a fair price. If you > dont see it that way, then you have a serious problem. Because Cisco, and > Intel, and 3Com and yes, Emerging Technologies will survive without your > business and your attitude. We dont expect to make every sale. [...] > Ok, and unless we are totally desperate for cash (dont count on it) we wont > sell anything to you. Deal? You've just made a world class business > decision. Burning bridges with a vendor that you may someday need is > absolutely brilliant. Can you go ahead and put me on that list of bridge burners too? Thanks. Rick -- Rick Bradley - http://xns.org/=roundeye To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message