Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 20:35:10 -0500 From: "Chris Silva" <bitsurfr@enteract.com> To: "Jeremy Shaffner" <jer@jorsm.com>, "D.M.P." <gryph@mindless.com> Cc: <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Request for More Submissions Message-ID: <NDBBLDFNCDJEAGEOHHJAKEDCCIAA.bitsurfr@enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.991004193344.2094G-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
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Enter - makeworld.com ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jeremy Shaffner > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 7:35 PM > To: D.M.P. > Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Request for More Submissions > > > > One would think that with the up & coming BSD feature section on Slashdot > that they wouldn't casually toss BSD related submissions aside. > > > -================================================================= > ========- > Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet, Regional Internet Services > System Administrator 7 Area Codes in Chicagoland and NW Indiana > jer@jorsm.com 100Mbps+ Connectivity, 56K-DS3, V.90, ISDN > support@jorsm.com Quality Service, Affordable Prices > http://www.jorsm.com Serving Gov't, Business, Individuals Since 1995 > -================================================================= > ========- > > > On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, D.M.P. wrote: > > > Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > > > > > > Whenever there is a Linux conference or expo, there's at > least one story > > > posted on Slashdot every day. There has only been one story > on FreeBSDCon > > > (last month). > > > > > > On Friday I sent in a submission with links to the Program > Overview and > > > Event Schedule (recently updated last week.) They haven't > yet posted it. > > > > > > If enough of us submitting it, maybe they won't look/toss it over. > > > > Myself and at least six other people I know have submitted the > > FreeBSDCon program for posting on /. and all of us were rejected. As > > a matter of fact, the only things I have ever had posted were either > > pro-Linux or unrelated to computer software. > > > > I've since drawn the conclusion that the people running Slashdot have > > lost any objectivity they may have had. > > > > -- > > "Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Truth > > and faithfulness are the most sacred excellences and endowments of > > the human mind." -- Cicero > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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