Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:22:44 +0100 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <dodell@sitetronics.com> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logo idea and FreeBSD.com concept Message-ID: <1109863364.3932.191.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <200503031519.j23FJoIY042729@fire.jhs.private> References: <200503031519.j23FJoIY042729@fire.jhs.private>
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On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 16:19 +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > "Devon H. O'Dell" wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 11:23 +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > Personal (& list/ group) preferences for http://FreeBSD.com > > > to be fixed or variable width, are Irrelevant & a waste of our > > > reading time. http://freebsd.com points at freebsd.org but could > > > switch. Owner has not given or sold domain to us. > > > whois freebsd.com > > > Registrant: > > > Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (DKWSKOEOWD) > > > Hardstrasse 235 > > > Zurich, ZH 8005 > > > Please be more realistic on issues. There's too much hot air on this list. > > > > As I have stated before, the idea is to have a site readily available > > and endorsed by the project as a PR site for businesses and > > corporations. Whether or not the site is accessible via FreeBSD.com is > > irrelevant. > > I don't mean personal criticism of any one person. But ... > There's Far too much idle chat on advocacy@. Some should subscribe chat@, > & some of us should direct windy threads & people to chat@ > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat Contrary to some others on this list, I have consistently put my money where my mouth is. > Noise to signal ratio on advocacy@ remains so high I'm considering > unsubscribing again, unfortunate as I'm interested in Practical BSD advocacy > ( Created a BSD-UG, initiated BSD leaflet for exhibitions, > organised BSD stands etc http://berklix.org/bim/leaflet/ ). > > Advocacy@ should contain only what Helps BSD Advocacy, eg: > "Who will help man a BSD stand in _Your_City_ in 2 weeks ?" > "Who will help man a BSD install event in _Your_City_ in 2 weeks ?" > "Who will co-author a BSD book ?" > "Here's a _maintained_ URL, to print/forward to acquaintances who > ask the eternal question: "Why use BSD rather than Linux ?"" > > No defocused chat on advocacy@ please. _Please_ chat on chat@ !! You're right in this case. This thread is starting to really get more chat oriented. Unfortunately I don't (nor do I care to) subscribe to chat@, so I'll just let it die. Thanks for pointing this out; I don't think I would have been objective enough to see it :) > - > Julian Stacey Net & Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com > Mail in Ascii (Html=Spam). Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. --Devon
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