Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 15:07:08 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG, wilsonb@clarkson.edu Subject: Re: [wilsonb@clarkson.edu: Encouragement of FreeBSD users to pressure VMWare to port their software to FreeBSD] Message-ID: <19990428150708.A23085@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <19990428121551.B595@eborcom.com>; from Tom Hukins on Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 12:15:51PM %2B0100 References: <19990427174001.A25285@cs.tu-berlin.de> <19990427170842.Q1229@futuresouth.com> <19990428121551.B595@eborcom.com>
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On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 12:15:51PM +0100, a little birdie told me that Tom Hukins remarked > > Whilst I think it would be very useful to gauge the demand for > various commercial packages on FreeBSD, I think it is very important > to be careful how we go about this. The company in question should > be asked before we go ahead and put a message like this on the Web > site. > > Many companies would not appreciate large numbers of people > contacting them about the same issue. I would much rather have one > person explain an issue to me than have fifty people mention an > issue to me. Certainly the company should be told. The 'flood of messages' is one reason I proposed some sort of a 'petition' or 'signup database' instead of just a 'click here to send a form mail'. It would let us at least have some hard numbers to throw around. Yes, I'm quite aware of the rather, ah, 'mottled' history initiatives like this have in regards to working. But I think it's at least a step in the right direction. -- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller MF4839 http://www.over-yonder.net/ | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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