From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 3 17:42:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mb1i0.ns.pitt.edu (mb1i0.ns.pitt.edu [136.142.186.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7DB137B405 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:42:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pfg1+@pitt.edu) Received: from pitt.edu ("port 2680"@[136.142.89.102]) by pitt.edu (PMDF V5.2-32 #41462) with ESMTP id <01K5IAAHXXMW002T6M@mb1i0.ns.pitt.edu> for chat@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 20:42:48 EST Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 20:43:39 -0400 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" Subject: Re: FreeBSD spokesman (was: So what happens to FreeBSD now?) To: Craig Harding Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <3B4266BB.AE0CE214@pitt.edu> Organization: University of Pittsburgh MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win98; U) Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------251F3A44D55809447FD5FF3A" X-Accept-Language: en,pdf,es-CO References: <20010626174756.A61831@blackhelicopters.org> <200106260901.AA23134284@stmail.pace.edu> <20010626122845.A11960@xor.obsecurity.org> <20010626214230.D461@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> <20010626174756.A61831@blackhelicopters.org> <20010702211810.B325@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010703141550.045f5340@localhost> <20010703134058.A9446@mooseriver.com> <3B426349.B50B1A4D@outpost.co.nz> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------251F3A44D55809447FD5FF3A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Something interesting; the only company attacking the GPL is Microsoft. This doesn't mean it's the only company that is being hurt though: while IBM, HP, SGI and the others are not attacking it, are pretty silent considering they have invested on Linux projects. The truth is the GPL is not a good business, but Microsoft is the only company doing real profits anyway. Pedro. Craig Harding wrote: > ... > > What I find most entertaining is the similarity between Brett's view of > the GPL and Bill Gates' (as detailed in his recent interview - I read > the BG IV and thought Brett must have been ghostwriting for him). And > therein I think lies the simple appeal of the GPL to many people - if > Bill Gates doesn't like it, it must be good. > > -- C. > -- > Craig Harding crh@outpost.co.nz ICQ# 26701833 > Outpost Digital Media Ltd http://www.outpost.co.nz > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message --------------251F3A44D55809447FD5FF3A Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="pfg1.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Pedro F. Giffuni Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="pfg1.vcf" begin:vcard n:Giffuni;Pedro tel;fax:1 (360) 343-0501 tel;home:(412) 665 2956 tel;work:(412) 624-9862 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.geocities.com/giffunip/ org:University of Pittsburgh;Industrial Engineering adr:;;5820 Elwood St. Apt. 34;Pittsburgh;PA;15232;USA version:2.1 email;internet:giffunip@asme.org title:Teaching Assistant fn:Pedro F. Giffuni end:vcard --------------251F3A44D55809447FD5FF3A-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message