From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 11 10:10:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC8DA37BD22 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 10:10:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from localhost (narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA72543; Sat, 11 Mar 2000 20:09:27 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 20:09:27 +0200 (EET) From: Narvi To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: "freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD dead ? In-Reply-To: <3272.952797590@zippy.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I am sure of the FreeBSD Projects intentions but like the previous post > > things can 'turn ugly fast with the greatest intentions' The fact a > > for-profit company controlling it's movements is cause for concern. > > How many different ways can we say this? THE COMPANY DOES NOT CONTROL > THE FREEBSD PROJECT'S MOVEMENTS. It can't! Heh. Are you sure arguing with them isn't futile? For some reason, they have taken upon to bear a banner (and a big one at that) with the lettering "*WE* will stand up for poor little FreeBSD, if nobody else does". Not even thinking if FreeBSD needed standing up for, was poor, or for that matter little. Think of them as of people who watch "Tom and Jerry" and then start organising pickets in front of governement buildings bearing banners "Don't let mice exterminate cats!" > > - Jordan > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message