Date: 25 Jun 2001 16:21:47 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Kevin Lyons <klyons@corserv.corserv.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: winDriver selling fbsd Message-ID: <xzpae2wej2c.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20010625153535.A69225@lpt.ens.fr> References: <200106250254.VAA26281@corserv.corserv.com> <xzpbsnd184p.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20010625153535.A69225@lpt.ens.fr>
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Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> writes: > Dag-Erling Smorgrav said on Jun 25, 2001 at 06:44:06: > > What's the problem, is www.freebsdmall.com currently offline, or does > > your browser just not work properly? > There's no link (at least, I couldn't find one) to www.freebsdmall.com > from www.bsdi.com (or www.wrs.com). So why aren't you flaming the hell out of BSDI for this heinous crime? Because BSDI has "BSD" in their name, while WRS have "Win" in theirs? > The FreeBSD web page/handbook includes links to other suppliers under > "Getting FreeBSD", but not to www.freebsdmall.com. So it's not > obvious how someone unaware of freebsdmall is to learn about its > existence. I have to admit that's a glaring omission, but is it WindRiver's fault? Do they control the contents of the handbook? No. Submit a patch, and I'll commit it. > I think the comment is quite valid, in any case. Why isn't FreeBSD > listed in the main product listing at www.wrs.com, when 83 other > products are? Is FreeBSD a WindRiver product? Think hard about that one. If they *had* listed FreeBSD on their products page, you'd likely as not sit there flaming them for having the arrogance to pretend they owned the project. Fucked if they do, fucked if they don't. They probably learned from the debacle that followed BSDI's uncarefully worded press release, which the trade press misquoted as "BSDI has acquired FreeBSD", and decided they'd better tread carefully. > Methinks many people are excessively touchy about any WindRiver-related > question. Methinks WindRiver should be given a fighting chance to show us they mean well and try hard (which I believe they do) instead of being flamed and slandered for every little move they make that somebody somewhere doesn't like. The only thing Kevin, you, and others like you will achieve by acting like this is to convince WRS that FreeBSD is more trouble than it's worth, and where would we be then? DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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