From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 24 08:56:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA24940 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 08:56:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp11.portal.net.au [202.12.71.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA24933 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 08:56:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id DAA00362; Sun, 25 Jan 1998 03:18:42 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801241648.DAA00362@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Christoph Toshok cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Free netscape - good or bad ? In-reply-to: Your message of "24 Jan 1998 05:58:58 -0800." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 03:18:42 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > > I alone am entirely to blame for the fact that there is a freebsd > port. Well, me and the release guy that was kind enough to add it > to the release builds :) If I haven't been beaten to it before now, and you're in the area, I would like to buy you a beer. Or several. Or perhaps bear your children (just kidding 8). Seriously though, there's little in the way of thanks that hasn't already been said. > > Given any sort of say in the matter, I would be asking them to take a > > fairly active guiding role' as they are in an extremely important > > bridging position. > > I must admit a fair amount of ignorance. You see, the news was sprung > on me (as it was on everyone at netscape that even *knew*) not long > the press release was made. Most of us are just as much in the dark > as you are. That's not the point I was trying to make. Rather, if/when the source *does* come onto the scene, with a foot in both the FreeBSD and Netscape camps you will be in a position to facilitate communications between the two. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\