Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:59:07 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: muck@ida.net Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Project FreeBSD 98 Message-ID: <199804141759.MAA01823@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: <35336FDC.41C67EA6@ida.net>
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On 14 Apr, Mike wrote: > Eivind Eklund wrote: >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 10:11:52PM -0500, Frank Pawlak wrote: >> [...on intimidating posts...] >> > A simple minded personal example is Eric Raymond's post to chat in >> > which he mentions VCs. I don't have a clue what he means, so I had the >> > option of just letting it pass or post a question as to what a VC is. I >> > am sure that is a term common to most in the community, so there I was >> > somewhat hesitant to ask about it but I did anyway. >> >> I don't think there are anybody but Eric Raymond that know what that >> term meant. I didn't, at least. From context, it looked like it was >> Verylarge Companies or something like it. (I don't think it could >> have meant 'Version Control'. But the sentence is interesting if read >> that way :-) >> >> It isn't in my dictionaries, either. > > Venture Capitalists? I dunno. Bingo!! That is exactly what he was refferring to. Re-reading his post that make sense. And he's got a point. Frank > > Mike > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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