Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2004 23:22:17 -0500 From: Mit Rowe <mit@mitayai.org> To: Lanny Baron <LBaron@freebsdsystems.com> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Grants Message-ID: <41B3DE79.6030205@mitayai.org> In-Reply-To: <41B3D724.8060804@freebsdsystems.com> References: <41B3C01C.4060602@mitayai.org> <41B3D724.8060804@freebsdsystems.com>
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Any help you can provide would be great! Lanny Baron wrote: > Hi Mit, > Perhaps we can help. Contact me at your convenience. > > Regards, > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > Lanny Baron > Proud to be 100% FreeBSD > http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM > Toll Free: 1.877.963.1900 > =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= > > > > Mit Rowe wrote: > >> Hi, folks! >> >> I'm Mit, and i've been your ca.FreeBSD.Org hostmaster for many years. >> I'm pretty quiet on a international scale, but i've been active as a >> local advocate for the FreeBSD community in every community i have >> involvement in since a copy of FreeBSD 2.0 landed on my desk in early >> '95. >> >> I have also considered it my duty to encourage FreeBSD mirrors in >> Canada, but I have been constantly frustrated by my ability to have >> corporations provide long-term resources to the FreeBSD Project in >> terms of WWW, FTP, and CVSUp mirrors of the FreeBSD releases, source, >> and documentation. >> >> This frustration has led me to think of turning to the government of >> Canada, starting from the Communications Research Centre (an agency >> of Industry Canada) and working my way up, looking for either them to >> host the FreeBSD mirror or provide a grant to someone to do so. >> >> However, before i speak for the FreeBSD Project, i believe that i am >> honour-bound to request feed back on my intent and method; therefore, >> i ask your feedback, comments and advice on the following letter i >> think i should send first to info@crc.ca and see what kind of >> feedback i receive from them (which i would report back). >> >> Also, perhaps any lurking Canadians out there could hold up their >> hands? I sometimes feel pretty lonely out here in this corner of the >> world :-) >> >> Regards, >> Mit >> >> Here's the text of the letter in English (i'm also going to write it >> in French, our other language of government in Canada, in case any of >> the potential readers are francophone). Please comment as soon as >> possible. >> >> ===== >> >> >> My name is William Rowe, commonly known as Mit Rowe, and i am a >> Canadian member of the FreeBSD community and serve in the capacity of >> Hostmaster for the FreeBSD Subdomain. >> >> FreeBSD is, as the website http://www.freebsd.org/ describes, >> >> "...an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including >> Pentium and Athlon), amd64 compatible (including Opteron, Athlon 64, >> and EM64T), Alpha/AXP, IA-64, PC-98 and UltraSPARC® architectures. It >> is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX® developed at the University >> of California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large >> team of individuals >> <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/index.html>. >> Additional platforms <http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/index.html> >> are in various stages of development." It is a freely available, >> opensource operating system with no restrictions on commercial use. >> More information of the licenses can be found at >> http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/freebsd-license.html. The core >> documentation of FreeBSD is available in both national languages, as >> are large chunks of ancillary documentation. >> >> I have worked in the ISP and IT industries for over a decade, and am >> well aware of the prevalent use of FreeBSD in Canada, in both the >> private and public sectors in corporations large and small, Internet >> Service Providers and non-profit, charitable, governmental and >> educational institutions. >> >> The level of interest and use warrants the existence of resources to >> install, configure, maintain, upgrade and support the operating >> system, which can be done through the allocation of resources for >> mirroring the FreeBSD source and documentation in order to make more >> efficient use of global Internet resources. >> >> The use of public funds to support a free platform which runs much of >> the infrastructure of our nation is both a way of supporting the >> existing infrastructure and making it easier for Canadians to support >> and further develop this technology, and will also serve to help >> increase and support our international reputation as a center for >> Technology and Communications, and the pride that we IT professionals >> feel in for the country which we are honoured to be able to call our >> home. >> >> With respect, >> Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe >> Toronto, ON >> mitayai@ca.freebsd.org >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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