From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Oct 4 18:35:15 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from pop3-3.enteract.com (pop3-3.enteract.com [207.229.143.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 695B3151A3 for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 18:34:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bitsurfr@enteract.com) Received: (qmail 95737 invoked from network); 5 Oct 1999 01:34:42 -0000 Received: from 207-229-172-153.d.enteract.com (HELO wildrock) (207.229.172.153) by pop3-3.enteract.com with SMTP; 5 Oct 1999 01:34:42 -0000 From: "Chris Silva" To: "Jeremy Shaffner" , "D.M.P." Cc: Subject: RE: Request for More Submissions Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 20:35:10 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Enter - makeworld.com ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jeremy Shaffner > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 7:35 PM > To: D.M.P. > Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Request for More Submissions > > > > 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