Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:13:21 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Are the PR statistics graphs correct? Message-ID: <20040423161321.2559a60e@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0404222217160.18803-100000@pancho> References: <20040422164207.39ab069b@localhost> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0404222217160.18803-100000@pancho>
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:26:04 -0500 (CDT) Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > > We have a ton of really good developers who put a lot of time and > > effort into FreeBSD. But to those who have never worked on an > > operating system or large software project, the PR base might > > give them a reason to argue our abilities. Sad, but true. > > There is a 'peanut gallery' of people who think that FreeBSD is > archaic, or has a Bad License Religion, or is run by an Evil > Conspiracy, and any number of other equally silly things. > > We can never satisfy those people: I've spent some effort down > that line, and am currently "retired" from that role after having > come to that conclusion :-) > > But what we _can_ do is keep the spirit of openness that we > currently have, both to keep relations good with our current user > base, and to attract new ones that can read between the lines of > the FUD. > > Obscurity, in this case, would simply give the conspiracy-theorists > more ammunition. I think it would be a real mistake. Let's keep > the transparency we currently have on this issue. Wonder what happened with the bugbusters. Sorry for the short reply. -- Tom Rhodes
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