From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Oct 4 17: 5:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from guppy.pond.net (guppy.pond.net [205.240.25.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA5041529E for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:05:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gryph@mindless.com) Received: from mindless.com (snapuser2-89.pacificcrest.net [216.36.34.89]) by guppy.pond.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA11816; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 17:01:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <37F94070.5B8E0561@mindless.com> Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 17:04:00 -0700 From: "D.M.P." Organization: dmp@aracnet.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeremy Shaffner Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for More Submissions References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > > Whenever there is a Linux conference or expo, there's at least one story > posted on Slashdot every day. There has only been one story on FreeBSDCon > (last month). > > On Friday I sent in a submission with links to the Program Overview and > Event Schedule (recently updated last week.) They haven't yet posted it. > > If enough of us submitting it, maybe they won't look/toss it over. Myself and at least six other people I know have submitted the FreeBSDCon program for posting on /. and all of us were rejected. As a matter of fact, the only things I have ever had posted were either pro-Linux or unrelated to computer software. I've since drawn the conclusion that the people running Slashdot have lost any objectivity they may have had. -- "Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Truth and faithfulness are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind." -- Cicero To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message