Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 12:05:18 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Mick Ireland <michael.ireland@myrealbox.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rumour Mill on FreeBSD Death Still .... Message-ID: <20030928023518.GB11520@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <1064669876.5aee8e20michael.ireland@myrealbox.com> References: <1064669876.5aee8e20michael.ireland@myrealbox.com>
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--oLBj+sq0vYjzfsbl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 27 September 2003 at 23:37:56 +1000, Mick Ireland wrote: > Greetings !!! > > I sent away for a book, FreeBSD - The Complete Reference, to help > me understand more about this OS, from an Internet site. > > No problems, got the book all okay, and there was everything I wanted - > except that I was given a "Powered by Linux" computer badge !! > > So, I sent back an e-mail, thanking them for their prompt service > and also a snide remark about their penguin badge : > > "G'day !!! > > "Just want to let you know that my parcel FreeBSD - The Complete Reference > - has arrived and all in one piece too. :-) > > "Though why you would send me a Linux badge .... ;-)" > > I got this as their response : > > "We did send you a Linux badge because we heard rumours that > BSD is dying. We want you to be aware of any close alternatives in case > death is imminent." (Not wearing core hat) I'd be very interested to hear who told you that. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. NOTE: Due to the currently active Microsoft-based worms, I am limiting all incoming mail to 131,072 bytes. This is enough for normal mail, but not for large attachments. Please send these as URLs. --oLBj+sq0vYjzfsbl Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/dkjmIubykFB6QiMRAjoeAJ9NNLt50ssgEyNThV92llBQDWTiLQCglTsK j1XZXVigzF5agT5QFbg5jyk= =J7HF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oLBj+sq0vYjzfsbl--
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