Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 08:56:26 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, vd@FreeBSD.org, nate@root.org, grog@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <4649CA1A.9030600@samsco.org> In-Reply-To: <20070515.074548.-1749707775.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <20070515010209.GA41164@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20070515053439.GA23285@polejan.hw.v5d.org> <46494F05.1020701@root.org> <20070515.074548.-1749707775.imp@bsdimp.com>
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M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <46494F05.1020701@root.org> > Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes: > : Vasil Dimov wrote: > : > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 10:32:09 +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > : >> On Sunday, 13 May 2007 at 10:07:23 +0300, Vasil Dimov wrote: > : >>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:30:13 +0000, Greg Lehey wrote: > : >>>> grog 2006-02-16 09:30:13 UTC > : >>>> > : >>>> FreeBSD src repository > : >>>> > : >>>> Modified files: > : >>>> games/fortune/datfiles fortunes > : >>>> Log: > : >>>> Wisdom about the Open Source ecosystem. > : >>>> > : >>>> Submitted by: M?rten Mickos > : >>>> > : >>>> Revision Changes Path > : >>>> 1.208 +5 -0 src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes > : >>> +Attempting to stop MySQL by buying companies around it is like trying > : >>> +to kill a dolphin by drinking the ocean. > : >>> + > : >>> + -- M?rten Mickos > : >>> > : >>> Well... I think that this is no longer actual and a bit misleading. > : >>> Oracle is actively hiring developers to do InnoDB development, which all > : >>> you know is part of MySQL. I wouldn't call this "attempting to stop". > : >> I think you're missing the point. As others have said, it's a > : >> quotation, not a statement of truth. > : > > : > Ok. As a InnoDB developer myself I felt a little bit offended by this > : > quote, but I am not going to argue with you or to insist on removing it. > : > > : >> On a more philosophical note, is the fact that Oracle is hiring new > : >> InnoDB developers maybe a confirmation of M?rten's observation? > : > > : > Hmmz, I cannot see how this could be. > : > > : >>> Vasil Dimov > : >>> moc.elcaro@vomid.lisav Software Developer @ Oracle/Innobase Oy > : >> Ah! > : > > : > Indeed :-) > : > > : > : OH IT MUST BE A DAY WHOSE NAME ENDS IN Y. WHY ELSE WOULD IT BE TIME FOR > : A DISCUSSION ABOUT FORTUNE(6)? > > It could be because we're in a month that has at least one vowel in > it. You can't discount that possibility. > > Then there's the old standbys: > > Hitler > This file is too liberal > This file is too conservative > This file is too gay > This file is too straight > This file is offensive to Albanian Ground Squirrels > did I mention Hitler? > > Warner I work for Albanian ground squirrels, and I'm getting a kick out of these replies. /obscure? Scott
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