Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2022 09:21:50 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org>, "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 12.4 disc 1 iso is really large Message-ID: <20221211092150.306e3fbc4af01b2daba4d85d@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <ACBDB1B2-59B6-4ED5-B23B-75EB3E8F1A06@nimnet.asn.au> References: <4AC6140B-2927-46C4-8405-18FA872DEAB5@gushi.org> <20221209050452.40918a6bcccb953c197ecec6@sohara.org> <Y5QPnrqluEtgLrNn@neutralgood.org> <20221210072243.9109d9c9.freebsd@edvax.de> <6B0B7DD7-8562-4E77-8809-768DB6E8ADFC@nimnet.asn.au> <20221210182602.002c2c74dfa4797be9c6765a@sohara.org> <ACBDB1B2-59B6-4ED5-B23B-75EB3E8F1A06@nimnet.asn.au>
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 19:57:33 +1100 Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > On 11 December 2022 5:26:02 am AEDT, Steve O'Hara-Smith > <steve@sohara.org> wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 04:47:15 +1100 > > Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > [...] > > > Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. > > > Nostalgia was Jordan Hubbard handing me some 1.1 CDs after we > > gave him a free dial up account in Ireland (no way was I going to > > charge *him* > > we were running the ISP on FreeBSD). > > When was that, more or less? That would have been 1994/5 - we were already running 1.1.5.1 by then. > > Nobody ever stepped up to the "voice of FreeBSD" plate after he > > left. > > Not to that extent I guess, though to be fair there are still longterm > heavy hitters on the project, and besides, remembering what the 'B' > stands for: Oh for sure there are - but Jordan was all over USENET, mailing lists and anywhere people who might be interested in FreeBSD hung out answering questions (especially the silly ones nobody else had time for), advocating the principles etc. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
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