Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 13:47:48 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> To: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, jgrosch@mooseriver.com, Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day: Watch out for Linux tactics Message-ID: <19990215134748.A26542@athena.tera.com> In-Reply-To: <19990214114602.P22179@orcrist.mediacity.com>; from Gregory Sutter on Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 11:46:02AM -0800 References: <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> <19990213134206.A10635@mooseriver.com> <4.1.19990214114417.03fa0480@mail.lariat.org> <19990214114602.P22179@orcrist.mediacity.com>
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On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 11:46:02AM -0800, Gregory Sutter wrote: > On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 11:59:58AM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > > At 01:42 PM 2/13/99 -0800, Josef Grosch wrote: > > [[ hyperbolic harping ... ]] > > Brett, your zealotry has reached unprecedented heights. Please keep > all harping about the evils of Linux limited to GPL/FSF/Stallman- > related topics. Those at least make sense and are within the realm > of possibility. > > >From the very first paragraph of <http://hugin.imat.com/refund/>, the > Bay Area refund organization: > > "If you are a user of Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, or another > free/Open Source operating system, you may be entitled to a refund > for unused Microsoft products bundled with your computer." > > The Bay Area movement, and Rick Moen in particular, has done a > fantastic job of uniting different OS camps in this effort, achieving > that goal without any sniping between camps (until you had to shoot > off your mouth/fingers). Just admit that, for this one day, all Open > Source (and even all non-Microsoft) OSes have a common enemy. If you > can't do that, then just shut up and let the rest of us try to get our > money back. You can resume your regular tirade on February 16th. > > Regards, > > Greg > -- > Gregory S. Sutter Bureaucrats cut red tape -- lengthwise. As much as I respect Brett Glass for his pro-*BSD sentiments, you're right, Greg. It's exactly these kinds of fractious shoutings that keep the *BSD camps in the extreme minority. gary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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