Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:13:51 -0500 (EST) From: Pat Lynch <lynch@bsd.unix.sh> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD at LinuxWorld. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10002051201340.1100-100000@bytor.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000205024714.040dd140@localhost>
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Well if I do end up at Andover, its unlikely I'll have much contact with Slashdot users, as I'll be working on network backend stuff. However, I know for a fact the Slashdot "editors" are not anti-BSD in any way shape or form, and thier moderation setup does not allow them to filter responses to the "message boards". However, you'll notice, most flames get moderated down, and I usually set my threshold to 1 or 2. Unfortunately, the original environment Slashdot was concieved in was mostly Linux users, whom we all know, alot are totally fanatical, the NIH stuff there gets me pissed off to no end. However, there was promise of alot of cross-pollination of educated Linux users and developers to the BSD areas at the Bazaar, and it certainly was not based on the presence of the Booth Babes, but rather on the fact that we presented a united front, and let them know the differences in a calm rational format. Many of the sales/marketing types there were surprised at how well some of us articulated ourselves when asked questions about BSD, OpenSales was talking about developing for BSD's and Sun/StarOffice said they would work on a port with some help from members of our community (still waiting to hear from them), and some cooperation was fostered btwn OpenBSD's Mickey Shalayeff and the Linux HP-PA Risc people (Mickey is working on OpenBSD PA-Risc). The Linux editor from Gaming Alliance said that they want someone to do a BSD feature on how to get Linux games working under BSD and were interested in having some consulting on using BSD for a new project they were working on (server wise) I'm sure Jordan, Mike, Bill, Murray, Marc, Robert, Pat, et al. had some very similar experiences there. However, I jokingly berated Cybernet for not showing thier BSD based products, and as punishment they were forced to wear Daemon horns and FreeBSD pins ;) -Pat __ Pat Lynch lynch@rush.net lynch@bsdunix.net lynch@unix.sh lynch@blowfi.sh Systems Administrator Rush Networking On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Brett Glass wrote: > At 09:03 PM 2/4/2000 , Pat Lynch wrote: > > > It was good meeting you....we may disagree about alot of things, > >but when you put a face to a name and actually have a conversation...its > >alot different then semi-flame wars on mailing lists. > > Disagreeing is fine. (Without disagreement, there'd be no productive > brainstorming, no new ideas, no growth. Wasn't it Aristotle who said > that the "dialectic" was the source of everything good?) But flaming > for its own sake ISN'T good, so I'm glad we had the chance to meet > in person. I hope that if you do go to Andover that you can help to > make "Slashburn" a less harsh and more supportive environment.... It > gets NASTY there sometimes. > > --Brett > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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