Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:29:54 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> Cc: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day: Watch out for Linux tactics Message-ID: <4.1.19990214152753.00b239d0@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <19990214142331.Q22179@orcrist.mediacity.com> References: <4.1.19990214130237.00a618d0@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19990214114417.03fa0480@mail.lariat.org> <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> <19990213134206.A10635@mooseriver.com> <4.1.19990214114417.03fa0480@mail.lariat.org> <19990214114602.P22179@orcrist.mediacity.com> <4.1.19990214130237.00a618d0@mail.lariat.org>
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At 02:23 PM 2/14/99 -0800, Gregory Sutter wrote: >Brett, this is ridiculous. He has every right to limit this movement >to open-source OSes if he wants to. As he says, if you don't like it, >go ahead and organize your own refund effort. I suppose you would >also like it if Daemon News started reporting Linux and Microsoft >programs/achievements, to somehow prove that we "deem them acceptable"? I'd say that this situation is rather different. He is specifically excluding people with an interest in the issue at hand because he doesn't like to OSes they run. >> >Just admit that, for this one day, all Open >> >Source (and even all non-Microsoft) OSes have a common enemy. >> >> I will, but Rick won't. And you can bet that, when the press comes >> to call, he'll promote this as a Linux-only effort, making the BAFUG >> members and organizers feel foolish for lending their support. But >[...] >> Because that's Rick's goal, denials to the contrary. > >When you prove yourself as adept a mind-reader as you claim, I will >begin to believe your largely-unfounded statements. Watch what he does tomorrow. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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