Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 08:34:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day Press Reports: Linux, Linux, Linux Message-ID: <199902161634.IAA17833@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Feb 1999 21:11:16 MST." <4.1.19990215205736.03f18100@mail.lariat.org>
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> Unfortunately, the very thing I expected to happen DID happen: the > "Linux faithful" appear to have made sure that FreeBSD was not mentioned > in news coverage of the event. The following articles mentioned Linux > exclusively: I doubt it had much to do with the "Linux Faithful", so much as the total paucity of FreeBSD supporters turning out (that includes you, Brett, since you admit to wimping out yourself). > This is what I was concerned about. The FreeBSD supporters who attended were > taken for a ride. Microsoft contributed significantly to this with their labelling of the event as a "Linux" Event. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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