Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 15:31:59 -0800 (PST) From: Nicole Harrington <nicole@nmhtech.com> To: Licia <licia@o-o.org> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, "Daniel C.Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Subject: Re: Is there a reseller program? Message-ID: <XFMail.990205153159.nicole@nmhtech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902040958551.15103-100000@o-o.org>
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On 04-Feb-99 My Secret Spies Reported That Licia wrote: > On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: >> Sue Blake wrote: >> > >> > Anyway, we need more topics like this that bring the women out of hiding >> > :-) >> >> Well, so far, on all freebsd lists I subscribe to, -advocacy seems >> to be the one with the highest ratio of non-completely-lurking women >> around... I wonder why... (well, aside from the nasty flame fests >> that sometimes grace lists like -current) >> >> -- >> Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) >> dcs@newsguy.com > > I tend to lurk so much primarily because I've had enough extremely > unpleasant experiences regarding technical material in other forums (IRC for > example) to make me very leary of exposing myself to such behavior again. > > The result is I tend not to make comments in the technical lists, unless it's > something I feel fairly sure I will not be maltreated over. > Yes, there is much truth to that. I even had a brief stint at an ISP who had a "thing" about a woman having root. I have to say however that on the FreeBSD lists I have never had a problem. Probobly not suprising to note that you will find more "child like" users in Linux groups and lists than you ever will here. I think the user comunity for the two is completly different. Just remember that sometimes all of us do/say silly things and will earn ourselves a dunce sombrero for the day in front of a few thousand people. Nicole > [ licia@o-o.org ] [ http://www.o-o.org/~licia/ ] [ Alias : Ladywolf] > [ Telnet to o-o.org and log in as bbs ] [ http://www.o-o.org/ ] > [ A happy user of FreeBSD : http://www.freebsd.org/ ] > [ FreeBSD : The last Windows upgrade you'll ever need. > [ This user boycotts all Microsoft products and services ] > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message |\ __ /| (`\ | o_o |__ ) ) // \\ nicole@nmhtech.com | http://www.webweaver.net/ webmistress@dangermouse.org | http://www.dangermouse.org -------------------------(((---(((----------------------- - Powered by Coka Cola and FreeBSD - - Stong enough for a man - But made for a Woman - - I'm not ADD - I'm just Multithreaded - - Microsoft: What bug would you like today? - ---------------------------------------------------------- SYSADMIN(1) Sysadmin is the keeper of all things computer, is generally harangued, must be supplied with caffeine, chocolate, and sushi in order to function properly, cannot be exposed to direct sunlight, and must not be allowed to have a life. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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