Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:03:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Licia <licia@o-o.org> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is there a "how did you hear about us?" form on www.freebsd.org? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9904211055240.17792-100000@o-o.org> In-Reply-To: <371D8575.E2DD38A8@softweyr.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[snipped here and there for space :) ] On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > Licia wrote: > > > > [ snipped for space ] > > > > The reason I asked this, is that I am concerned about the people who would be > > more interested in getting listed in the archive than doing real development > > :) If someone weren't really developing material, but wanted an ego boost, > > they could do something like clone echo and try to get listed, but I think > > allowing that would degrade the value of the archive... > > Oh, you mean like my "nologin" program I contributed several years ago, just > to get on the contributors list? Well, not JUST to get on the contributors > list, it does provide a useful function. > (grin) No, nologin serves a useful purpose, I'm talking about the people who would try to brand 'hello world' :) (i.e. will there be any minimum requirements as to what can be branded?) > > (paranoid woman at times :) ) > > I just got back from watching The Matrix. My paranoia is running rampant; > running around the house kicking things over actually. I hope it'll calm > down and let me go to sleep soon. (grins) I think I'm just flashing back to something else that happened years ago, a noble project was started, but ended up having no value to anyone, because the less mature among that group wanted the 'status' that went with being Listed :/ Hmm if it's got your paranoia jumping that much, I'll mark it as a "must see" :) > > (nods) I agree completely, I'm just trying to see how this effort can be used > > to advocate FreeBSD as a development platform :) > > Hopefully by showing that others are actually SELLING software to FreeBSD > users. I'd certainly happily pay $99 for a good word processor that doesn't > eat the system, like Gobe Productive for BeOS. I'd probably pay $40 or $50 > for a good email client; the user interface on everything except Netscape > Communicator sucks, and Communicator sucks functionally. > (nods) I'm about to register a few products myself :) WP8, and XClamation :) I'm also about to write a nice 'thank you' note to a man who writes a very very nice freeware package (xanim) as I adore that program :) > > I do development under it on a daily basis, find it a wonderful os for both > > development and desktop use as well as server, and I want to make sure all > > three areas get a little advocating :) > > I wish I could. By the time I get home from work, I barely have the energy > to answer my email, let alone write more code. ;^( > (grin) I'm one of those lucky few who -love- her job :) When I get home I usually feel very good :) I've just gotten behind lately from a ton of little things left over from moving (The first time I've moved in 8 years, and I had a lot of help last time, so I wasn't prepared :( ) Hmm is there any particular code you need written? [ licia@o-o.org ] [ http://www.o-o.org/~licia/ ] [ Alias : Ladywolf] [ Telnet to o-o.org and log in as bbs ] [ ssh -l bbs -C o-o.org ] [ A happy user of FreeBSD : http://www.freebsd.org/ ] main(){int num[4]={1768122732,762265697,1919889007,103};printf("%s\n",num);} To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.05.9904211055240.17792-100000>