From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Aug 6 6:55:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from fed-ef1.frb.gov (fed.frb.gov [132.200.32.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF1515295 for ; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 06:55:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org) Received: by fed-ef1.frb.gov; id JAA27493; Fri, 6 Aug 1999 09:52:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from m1pmdf.frb.gov(192.168.3.38) by fed.frb.gov via smap (V4.2) id xma027007; Fri, 6 Aug 99 09:51:53 -0400 Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 09:47:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Seth Subject: Re: advocacy site In-reply-to: To: Mike Hoskins Cc: Alex Zepeda , advocacy@freebsd.org, Donald Wilde , Gregory Sutter , Jim Mock 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 Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Mike Hoskins wrote: > > Here's a thought... if we have enough time to search GNATS to prove a > point, or to write lengthy messages *bitching* about *bitching*, maybe we > could set aside a wee bit of time to actually contribute to the project. GNATS is easy enough to search :) But your point is well taken. I was taking offense to Mr. Zepeda's implication that this was just another case of "all talk, no action", when it certainly wasn't. His statement had no basis. > > Note to any reader: Make no mistake, I am not at all attempting to take > any side in this argument. I am attempting to point out the foolishness > in the argument itself, and, furthermore, attempting to remind myself that > 'maturity' was, at some point, a FreeBSD trait. > > -Mike > It still is, as far as I'm concerned. Flame wars like this are few and far-between here, and it's an unfortunate reality that whenever you have more than one person in a room, you're going to have differences of opinion. You can't determine a failed marriage on the basis of one argument. That said, I'd like to move on as well, and would like to volunteer my efforts to the (new) advocacy site. SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message