From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 3 14:11:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from meow.osd.bsdi.com (meow.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A65437B422 for ; Thu, 3 May 2001 14:11:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (john@jhb-laptop.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.241]) by meow.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f43LAYG79026; Thu, 3 May 2001 14:10:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200105032028.NAA13369@dnull.com> Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 14:09:51 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin To: jessem@livecam.com Subject: Re: [jkh@osd.bsdi.com: ANNOUNCE: Status update on ftp.freebsd.or Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org, jkh@osd.bsdi.com Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 03-May-01 jessem@livecam.com wrote: >>> Please stop this line. >> >> That's not very good grammar, but I'll take it to mean that you would >> like an end to conspiracy theories. That would be great, and an item >> high on my own wish list. >> > The grammer is fine. Please read the dictionary. Err, it's "grammar", and I don't quite parse your original sentence very well either. I guess it's techincally valid, but "line" is rather vague in its meaning. >> uninformed. We've never even raised the question of selling it, much >> less having sold it, so there must be a new flavor of crack on the >> street or someone is going out of their way to start malicious rumors. >> > I'll follow up on this. But perhaps what is the *new* relationship > between freesoftware.com and freebds.org. freebds.org? :) Hehehe. AFAIK, ftp.freesoftware.com was never related to freebsd.org except that it provided the primary ftp site. freesoftware.com was an asset of BSDi/WC and soon-to-be WRS. >>> 3) Speculation that the machine (aka ftp.freesoftware.com) was >>> lost because it never really belonged to FreeBSD. >> >> See above. The machine is still sitting right where it used to be >> (well, last I checked, the crime rate being rather high in New York) >> and all it suffers from is a lack of bandwidth, which I've already >> explained. >> > No, you haven't. > > One message says, "there is unfortunately no ETA for its return." > > Another message says, "A machine to server as the project's > "master FTP host" has been procured will shortly be available > for FTP access". > > Well, 'procure' in this man's english means you bought or > were give a new machine. This implies the "old ftp.freebsd.org" > is gone. Bzzzt. Wrong. You are assuming that the new machine replaces the old one. (You've hold that old rhyme about assuming things before haven't you?) The old machine is not a replacement for ftp.freesoftware.com. It is a new machine with new functionality. ftp-master.freebsd.org will be like cvsup-master.freebsd.org. When cvsup-master.freebsd.org was built all the cvusp servers didn't drop off the face of the earth did they? Come on. _Think_ a little. Use that noggin. Really, for once assume we aren't all out to get you and that the sky isn't falling and then look at things. *sigh* -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message