From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Apr 19 9: 8: 9 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from lorax.ubergeeks.com (lorax.ubergeeks.com [206.205.41.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C121537A for ; Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:08:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adrian@ubergeeks.com) Received: from localhost (adrian@localhost) by lorax.ubergeeks.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA01078; Mon, 19 Apr 1999 02:54:30 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from adrian@ubergeeks.com) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 02:54:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Adrian Filipi-Martin Reply-To: Adrian Filipi-Martin To: Wes Peters Cc: Donald Wilde , Brett Taylor , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sites running FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <37192FA9.157F42AC@softweyr.com> 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 On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Wes Peters wrote: > Adrian Filipi-Martin wrote: > > > > On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Donald Wilde wrote: > > > > > Actually, (sub rosa) they just sent a $25K donation to the FreeBSD > > > Project. Buy some cards, guys, and let them know you appreciate their > > > support! Evidently BillyG tried to muscle into their market with some of > > > his typical roach-like tactics, and they won in court! > > > > Who exactly do we send the cards to? > > Core team members? The author of your favorite device driver? The > person who fixed the last bug that was driving you crazy? Jordan? > Bob Bruce? DG? etc. ;^) I know what commitment all of the above have to the FreeBSD project and its success. That's not news to me. What I was looking for was who found the project deserving enough to drop $25K on it. I doubt your telling me the core and possibly the committers tossed $25K in a hat to pat themselves on the back for a job well done. (Not that I wouldn't give such a pat myself any of the above were in arms reach.) Adrian -- [ adrian@ubergeeks.com -- Ubergeeks Consulting -- http://www.ubergeeks.com/ ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message