Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 20:56:15 -0500 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Subject: Re: ACX100 Firmware Licensing Message-ID: <200410292056.15701.linimon@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <20041030012703.GK3999@insomnia.benzedrine.cx> References: <20041027161650.GA39008@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <41829D84.5000903@errno.com> <20041030012703.GK3999@insomnia.benzedrine.cx>
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> If you're telling the hordes to sit down, shut up and quit rocking the > boat, because you're already sailing smoothly, I'd like to ask where > you're heading and how far you already got. This is an overreaction, IMHO. We all agree on the goal, it's a question of how we get there. Please understand how someone (say, me) could see how including people's work phone numbers in a general broadcast message could wind up doing more harm than good. Pressure them? Sure. Politely and through channels? It's the way I would prefer to see it. Frankly, if I were in business supplying these cards and started getting mail along the lines above, I'd be less inclined to follow up on it than something that stated the same case with less rhetoric. I wouldn't take a case based on something like that to upper management of any company I've ever seen -- and they are the decision makers. That's just the way it is -- it really is easier to catch flies with honey than vinegar. mcl
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