From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 28 15:20:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA11350 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 15:20:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from dyson.iquest.net (dyson.iquest.net [198.70.144.127]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA11345 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 15:20:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by dyson.iquest.net (8.8.4/8.6.9) id SAA15730; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 18:20:20 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" Message-Id: <199703282320.SAA15730@dyson.iquest.net> Subject: Re: Public thanks to Doug White In-Reply-To: <199703282152.PAA14356@freeside.fc.net> from Jerry Dunham at "Mar 28, 97 03:52:17 pm" To: jdunham@fc.net (Jerry Dunham) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 18:20:19 -0500 (EST) Cc: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com, freeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL31 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Mother Teresa is very deserving of praise, too. It seems to me that we > ought to be able to praise Doug for his willingness to help others without > taking anything away from the others who have devoted so much effort to > making life better for the rest of us in other ways. > I agree -- we are all "in this together, and praise for one person doesn't take away from other accomplishments"... The best OS in the world without support, documentation, programs, and marketing is only a semi-interesting toy. In the way that each of us can effectively contribute, we are trying to make FreeBSD as good as we can make it... It is great to see the acknowledgement of various contributors efforts. John