Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 13:28:18 -0700 (PDT) From: jessem@livecam.com To: jkh@osd.bsdi.com Cc: jessemonroy@email.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [jkh@osd.bsdi.com: ANNOUNCE: Status update on ftp.freebsd.org A KA ftp.freesoftware.com] Message-ID: <200105032028.NAA13369@dnull.com> In-Reply-To: <20010503130209T.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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On 3 May, Jordan Hubbard wrote: >> Funny thing is I already know of this. > > Then you have no excuse for such ridiculous chains of innuendo > involving them. I often have to wonder at what your genuine motives > are. > I don't appreciate your over trimming in your reponses. Please discontinue. >> 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. >> 1) Word is already out that the domain freesoftware.com has been >> sold. Can you confirm this? > > I can confirm that whomever's telling you this is completely > 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. >> 2) Speculation exists that FreeBSD is only making release to >> generate cash, not because any real changes apply to the software. > > Speculation also exists that you may be a space alien yourself and are > intent on taking over this planet by first befuddling the dominant > species so much with your theories that they become unable to defend > themselves. Such speculation would probably not have much to do with > the truth, however, and it earns you little dignity to even bring up > an accusation this lame. Anyone who's even remotely capable of > reading release notes or following the commit logs can see that > FreeBSD is making a lot of changes to their software and show no signs > of slowing down. Conversely, people can also expect that aliens > capable of crossing interstellar space would be smart enough to simply > stomp the planet flat in 10 minutes with advanced weaponry and > wouldn't need you to walk point for the invasion force. QED. > Look, If you don't want to answer this questions in a serious manner, then I'll refrain from asking. But, these speculations continue because information is not forth coming. You're only shooting the messager at this point. >> 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. So, as you can see, I'm not making this up. These are your words, and your words alone. They don't fit into any pattern assoicated with logical sense. So, how can you expect any reasonal person to NOT suspect something is up. Add to this your enflamed comments and you've spelt your own message. > Anyway, I think I've debunked enough insane rumors for one day. I'm > going to lunch at my favorite chinese restaurant. I hear the poodle > chow mein they're serving today is especially good! > I'm hungry too. In-n-Out is close by. Best Regards, Jessem. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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