Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 21:18:21 -0800 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Gary Kline <kline@tera.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Windows Refund Day: Watch out for Linux tactics Message-ID: <19990214211821.C16343@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990214211350.03fa3a90@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 09:25:18PM -0700 References: <4.1.19990214114417.03fa0480@mail.lariat.org> <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> <199902132126.NAA14285@athena.tera.com> <19990213134206.A10635@mooseriver.com> <4.1.19990214114417.03fa0480@mail.lariat.org> <19990214135704.A13436@mooseriver.com> <4.1.19990214211350.03fa3a90@mail.lariat.org>
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On Sun, Feb 14, 1999 at 09:25:18PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: > At 01:57 PM 2/14/99 -0800, Josef Grosch wrote: > > >I was interviewed by the San Jose Mercury > >News and the reporter told me that all the Linux people he interviewed took > >great pains to point out that there were other OSS beside Linux. They > >emphasized that Linux is equal to FreeBSD in most ways and FreeBSD was > >better in a good number of ways. > > Are you sure they really did that? If so, how come the only Mercury News > article on the subject (other than a tiny passing reference in Dan > Gillmor's column), at > > http://www.sjmercury.com/breaking/docs/026444.htm > > only alludes to operating systems other than Linux in a vague way > and mentions NO other by name? > > I think that the event is being cast as Linux-only by the promoters, > and that you're being used. I really mean it. First off, notice that the article came from USA Today. The Merc News picked up that article for reprint, a common practice in the newspaper business. I was interviewed by a reporter from the Merc News. Second, editors frequently remove detail that you and I consider important but they consider confusing to the average reader. Third, how much influence do you think the Linux people have over the reporters and editors of the San Jose Mercury News and USA Today ? Brett, you have been watching the X-Files way too much. Either way I am really bored with this argument. You have your opinion and thank you for being so generous with it but I do not agree. I will continue to do what I consider best for FreeBSD regardless of what you have to say. Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 3.0 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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