From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Oct 4 18:23: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from vnode.vmunix.com (vnode.vmunix.com [209.112.4.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8328A150F2 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 18:22:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chrisc@vmunix.com) Received: from localhost (chrisc@localhost) by vnode.vmunix.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA01749; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:22:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:22:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Coleman To: Jeremy Shaffner Cc: "D.M.P." , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for More Submissions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, post them do DN Daily and you will see them. http://daily.daemonnews.org Chris Coleman Daemon News Editor in Chief http://www.daemonnews.org Bringing BSD together On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > > One would think that with the up & coming BSD feature section on Slashdot > that they wouldn't casually toss BSD related submissions aside. > > > -=========================================================================- > Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet, Regional Internet Services > System Administrator 7 Area Codes in Chicagoland and NW Indiana > jer@jorsm.com 100Mbps+ Connectivity, 56K-DS3, V.90, ISDN > support@jorsm.com Quality Service, Affordable Prices > http://www.jorsm.com Serving Gov't, Business, Individuals Since 1995 > -=========================================================================- > > > On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, D.M.P. wrote: > > > Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > > > > > > Whenever there is a Linux conference or expo, there's at least one story > > > posted on Slashdot every day. There has only been one story on FreeBSDCon > > > (last month). > > > > > > On Friday I sent in a submission with links to the Program Overview and > > > Event Schedule (recently updated last week.) They haven't yet posted it. > > > > > > If enough of us submitting it, maybe they won't look/toss it over. > > > > Myself and at least six other people I know have submitted the > > FreeBSDCon program for posting on /. and all of us were rejected. As > > a matter of fact, the only things I have ever had posted were either > > pro-Linux or unrelated to computer software. > > > > I've since drawn the conclusion that the people running Slashdot have > > lost any objectivity they may have had. > > > > -- > > "Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Truth > > and faithfulness are the most sacred excellences and endowments of > > the human mind." -- Cicero > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message