From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 9 09:10:50 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA12670 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 9 May 1997 09:10:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA12645 for ; Fri, 9 May 1997 09:10:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA29058; Fri, 9 May 1997 09:09:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199705091609.JAA29058@austin.polstra.com> To: Stephen McKay cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Users of CVSup2.FreeBSD.ORG please read! In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 May 1997 17:18:34 +1000." <199705090718.RAA08152@troll.devetir.qld.gov.au> References: <199705090546.WAA25223@austin.polstra.com> <199705090718.RAA08152@troll.devetir.qld.gov.au> Date: Fri, 09 May 1997 09:09:54 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Translation: > > "Owner of CVSup2.FreeBSD.ORG foolishly purchased non-parity system > and inflicted results on unsuspecting world." > > 1/2 :-) With or without the smiley, that is really a cheap shot. The people who run our mirror sites give up 500 MB of disk storage, lots of CPU cycles, a not-insignificant portion of their network bandwidth, and ongoing hours of their free time to support us. In return they get nothing. Repeat: nothing. They don't even get the name recognition of a typical committer. There is only one thing that is appropriate to say to these people: "Thank you." Try it some time. And in the future when you have a point to make, please don't make it at the expense of our volunteers. -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth