Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1999 21:36:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Coleman <chrisc@vmunix.com> To: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> Cc: "D.M.P." <gryph@mindless.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Request for More Submissions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910042129200.1447-100000@vnode.vmunix.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.991004202648.2094H-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
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> > Hm..thought that was were I first saw it myself. It not, consider it > done. :-) We could also post some stuff about BoF's, Dinner's , incidental organized events that would never make it on Slashdot. Slashdot always posts lots of stuff prior to events. We are going to want to hype Lisa99 also. BSD is growing ... :-) Chris Coleman Daemon News Editor in Chief http://www.daemonnews.org Bringing BSD together On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > > > -=========================================================================- > Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet, Regional Internet Services > System Administrator 7 Area Codes in Chicagoland and NW Indiana > jer@jorsm.com 100Mbps+ Connectivity, 56K-DS3, V.90, ISDN > support@jorsm.com Quality Service, Affordable Prices > http://www.jorsm.com Serving Gov't, Business, Individuals Since 1995 > -=========================================================================- > > > On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Chris Coleman wrote: > > > Well, post them do DN Daily and you will see them. > > > > http://daily.daemonnews.org > > > > Chris Coleman > > Daemon News Editor in Chief > > http://www.daemonnews.org > > Bringing BSD together > > > > On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > > > > > > > > One would think that with the up & coming BSD feature section on Slashdot > > > that they wouldn't casually toss BSD related submissions aside. > > > > > > > > > -=========================================================================- > > > Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet, Regional Internet Services > > > System Administrator 7 Area Codes in Chicagoland and NW Indiana > > > jer@jorsm.com 100Mbps+ Connectivity, 56K-DS3, V.90, ISDN > > > support@jorsm.com Quality Service, Affordable Prices > > > http://www.jorsm.com Serving Gov't, Business, Individuals Since 1995 > > > -=========================================================================- > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, D.M.P. wrote: > > > > > > > Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Whenever there is a Linux conference or expo, there's at least one story > > > > > posted on Slashdot every day. There has only been one story on FreeBSDCon > > > > > (last month). > > > > > > > > > > On Friday I sent in a submission with links to the Program Overview and > > > > > Event Schedule (recently updated last week.) They haven't yet posted it. > > > > > > > > > > If enough of us submitting it, maybe they won't look/toss it over. > > > > > > > > Myself and at least six other people I know have submitted the > > > > FreeBSDCon program for posting on /. and all of us were rejected. As > > > > a matter of fact, the only things I have ever had posted were either > > > > pro-Linux or unrelated to computer software. > > > > > > > > I've since drawn the conclusion that the people running Slashdot have > > > > lost any objectivity they may have had. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Truth > > > > and faithfulness are the most sacred excellences and endowments of > > > > the human mind." -- Cicero > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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