From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 2 15:20:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA24170 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:20:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA24159 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:20:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA11697; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 09:50:46 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA20793; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 09:50:33 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981103095033.D354@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 09:50:33 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike Smith Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The halloween document again. References: <19981103092720.Y354@freebie.lemis.com> <199811022259.OAA02040@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199811022259.OAA02040@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Nov 02, 1998 at 02:59:44PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday, 2 November 1998 at 14:59:44 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> On Monday, 2 November 1998 at 6:47:52 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >>> >>> He does have one good point; if Microsoft persist in their >>> already-manifest policy of "dec-commoditising" protocol information (as >>> a facet of using their monopoly position to control the market), then we >>> do face a truly desperate battle to continue to interoperate in a useful >>> fashion. >> >> Indeed. In fact, even if this document is a forgery, this particular >> issue remains valid. > > It's valid; see my previous post Which one? I thought I saw them all. > or http://slashdot.org You don't seriously expect me to do anything with that URL, do you? All it tells me is that the FreeBSD core team is going to split into two rival factions. If there's something to report there, you could at least specify the correct URL. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message