From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Nov 6 10:38:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA10520 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 10:38:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from xylan.com (postal.xylan.com [208.8.0.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA10493 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 10:38:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from mailhub.xylan.com by xylan.com (8.8.7/SMI-SVR4 (xylan-mgw 2.2 [OUT])) id KAA18588; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 10:36:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from utah.XYLAN.COM by mailhub.xylan.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (mailhub 2.1 [HUB])) id KAA21050; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 10:36:25 -0800 Received: from softweyr.com by utah.XYLAN.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 (xylan utah [SPOOL])) id LAA04960; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 11:36:24 -0700 Message-ID: <364341A8.5D32F671@softweyr.com> Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 11:36:24 -0700 From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr LLC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Daniel Berlin CC: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Halloween memo - what does it mean? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Daniel Berlin wrote: > > > None of this has anything to do with the timing of this memo, where > > it showed up, or the bare fact that Microsoft is just not a "leaking" > > culture. Their product plans and market research are among the most > > closely held secrets on this planet, and I am highly suspicious of > > the number of holes that have opened up in Redmond in the last few > > weeks. > Keep in mind as school progresses, and winter sets in, a lot of interns > completely finish up (they tend to start school late, or just go second > semester). And to be involved in FreeBSD, Linux, or (gasp!) BeOS, right?!?! I know all of this, and I also know the "culture of secrecy" that Microsoft fosters; I am an ex-Intel employee after all. Microsoft DOES participate in a well-organized conspiracy to get their software onto every computer in the world, it's called "the Marketing Department." It's obviously very effective, because they haven't won their current sales figures through technological superiority; if that were the buying criterion we'd all be running Aegis on HP hardware. I was attempting to explain to FreeBSD Advocates that getting all excited about the "Halloween Documents" is not going to do them any good. The best plan is to come up with innovative ways to get FreeBSD, with its generally good reputation for reliability and quality, in front of MORE eyeballs. Thanks for your input, though, you do help keep this from turning into another X-files episode. We'll probably even give you commit privs if you're willing to have your implant removed. ;^) -- Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message