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Date:      Sat, 3 Oct 1998 15:25:45 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement
Message-ID:  <19981003152545.03322@follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <19981003133421.A2176@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 01:34:21PM %2B0930
References:  <Your <4.1.19981002204214.0420a940@mail.lariat.org> <10999.907385320@time.cdrom.com> <4.1.19981002214258.04211690@mail.lariat.org> <19981003133421.A2176@freebie.lemis.com>

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On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 01:34:21PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote:
> Your're very much entitled to your opinion.  On the other hand, when
> you go out on lists like that, many people will consider you to be a
> typical FreeBSD user, which I think you are not.  Both Jordan and I
> have repeatedly stated that we think you are harming FreeBSD more than
> you're helping it (though we both appreciate the good you do, as
> Jordan shows above).
> 
> We could be wrong.  Question to everybody who's seen Brett's messages:
> should he continue, or should he stop?  If the consensus is that he
> should continue, I'll shut up (that places no similar requirement on
> Jordan, of course :-)

I think he should stop the "fire and brimstone" type messages.  They
result in him being privately commented about as 'that manic' (along
with the main GPL-advocate Klaus Schilling).  This is no good for his
(or FreeBSD's) general credibility.

Eivind.


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