From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sat Oct 3 06:26:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA08569 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 06:26:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA08562 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 06:26:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA22771; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 15:25:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id PAA27592; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 15:25:46 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19981003152545.03322@follo.net> Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 15:25:45 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Greg Lehey , FreeBSD advocacy list Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement References: <10999.907385320@time.cdrom.com> <4.1.19981002214258.04211690@mail.lariat.org> <19981003133421.A2176@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <19981003133421.A2176@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 01:34:21PM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message