Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:53:59 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD? Message-ID: <4.1.19981124224816.0645fda0@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <48607.911959442@zippy.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:01:32 MST." <4.1.19981124155935.064ed4c0@127.0.0.1>
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At 06:04 PM 11/24/98 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> The problem is that, because Walnut Creek is really the source for the >> CD-ROMs, folks here are powerless to do very much. The best we can do > >Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is complete and total >equine exhaust material. Hmmm.... If your horse produces exhaust, it probably needs tuning. ;-) >As I've frequently stated here, all you have to do is tell me WHEN AND >WHERE to send CD-ROMS and they will be sent. This is good to know! I hadn't seen any such information before. >I don't think people really quite realize just how many CDs are >provided freely and at substantial expense to Walnut Creek CDROM - I >think the 2.2.6 give-away program ran well into high 5 figure amount$ >and, indeed, the only reaction we got from Brett was heavy criticism >for sending out a product with "known security problems." I still think that's so. When you give away freebies, you always want to put your best foot forward! If you hand someone something as a sample with NO WARNING that it could compromise their data and/or the security of their enterprise, you are NOT going to produce a positive result. If ONE HACKER gets in, sets up a packet sniffer, and causes a high-profile security breach at a major corporation, it'll do five figures worth of HARM to FreeBSD's reputation. >Sometimes I >think it's just impossible to satisfy some folks which, in turn, leads >me to wonder whether it's even worth-while trying to do so. Ruminate >on that a bit, won't you? I think it's important to be careful where one ruminates, lest one produce, er, undesirable exhaust material. ;-) --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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