From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 5 08:11:13 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id IAA26798 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jul 1995 08:11:13 -0700 Received: from mail.htp.com (mail.htp.com [199.171.4.2]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA26784 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 1995 08:11:09 -0700 Received: from et.htp.com (et.htp.com [199.171.4.228]) by mail.htp.com (8.6.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id LAA12417 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 1995 11:09:41 -0400 Date: Wed, 5 Jul 1995 11:09:41 -0400 Message-Id: <199507051509.LAA12417@mail.htp.com> X-Sender: dennis@mail.htp.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: dennis@et.htp.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Proposal to change name of this list to a less embarrassing one Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >At 05:59 AM 5/7/95, Peter Dufault wrote: >>Hackers is fine with me and I don't see the need for a change, but: > >I agree with this, "hackers" is OK since mailing list subscriptions aren't >(in my experience) a management issue. > >Once you've got past "Free" BSD that is... > Free is a good thing, everyone likes something free. But "hackers" definately has a negative implications in the "minds of most"..like a bunch of college kids playing in their basements. Its not politically acceptable.....although a case can be made that the whole concept of the project is one of non-conformance; you can stand by your principles as long as you don't care if anyone uses it. db