From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Jul 1 12:00:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01891 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 12:00:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01864 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 12:00:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA02678; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 18:59:18 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id UAA12532; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 20:59:14 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980701205913.19781@follo.net> Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 20:59:13 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: David Kulp , multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: windows 98 References: <000701bda4eb$64bfc080$446235ce@tmekscds> <19980701151216.01366@demon.net> <19980701081718.A14383@mooseriver.com> <359A6162.2781@cs.strath.ac.uk> <199807011835.LAA27884@board66.cruzers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <199807011835.LAA27884@board66.cruzers.com>; from David Kulp on Wed, Jul 01, 1998 at 11:35:37AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jul 01, 1998 at 11:35:37AM -0700, David Kulp wrote: > Roger Hardiman writes: > > >> why on earth would anyone want to ask a Windows 98 Question on a > > >> FreeBSD mailing list? > > > > > The fact that they are using a microshit product should be a good hint. > > > > > > > It is becoming increasingly common for Win95/NT/98 questions to > > pop up on this group. But none knows why. > > Here's a guess: go to www.findmail.com, scroll to the bottom, and > search for "STB" or "BT848". freebsd-multimedia comes up frequently. > As Roger said, the person making the query probably hasn't a clue > about what "freebsd" means, but "multimedia" sounds promising. I _don't_ think these posts come from findmail. The started being frequent long before www.findmail.com existed (or was out of beta, at any rate). Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message