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Date:      Wed, 3 May 2000 14:20:37 +0100 (BST)
From:      Jamie Jones <jamie@bishopston.net>
To:        cysgod@carrel.org, jgowdy@home.com
Cc:        advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net, tcole@wcug.wwu.edu
Subject:   Re: Re:
Message-ID:  <200005031320.OAA09641@bishopston.net>
In-Reply-To: <001901bfb499$b4d95080$5a5d0418@vista1.sdca.home.com>

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"Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> wrote:

> Haven't you guys ever heard "Remember: It's only IRC"

Very apt from the person in this thread posting the most passionately
on the subject!

As pointed out earlier, however clear things are mentioned in FAQ's,
you'll always get some newbie who strays in, and in my experience, a
FreeBSD newbie is generally a potential Linux user.

Sure, the Linux IRC groups may be just as rude, and sure, no-one can
tell you what to do with your IRC channel, but the name IS going to
mislead some, whatever the FAQ says. Ignorant user ? Maybe. Should we care?

It's only IRC. It's only a channel name. If you cared about FreeBSD
advocacy, you'd rename your channel to something less misleading.
No doubt, your reply will be "Why should we?". That's your perogative.

However, in the scheme of things, it's simply not all that important,
and this thread has just turned into a pointless (from an advocacy point
of view) flamefest.

Jamie



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