From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Apr 17 18:34:42 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mls.gtonet.net (mls.gtonet.net [216.112.90.195]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA7E737B423 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:34:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oldfart@gtonet.net) Received: from pld (pld.gtonet.net [216.112.90.200]) by mls.gtonet.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f3I1YcS13677 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:34:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oldfart@gtonet.net) Reply-To: From: "oldfart@gtonet" To: "freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: RE: Windriver, Slackware and FreeBSD Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:34:37 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I meant nothing personal, and that's why I said "nothing personal." I wish NOBODY any harm or hardships. Layoffs are a part of life nowadays. Get used to it. You can shove your personal help. Sincerely, Charles > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John Galt > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 6:13 PM > To: oldfart@gtonet > Cc: > Subject: RE: Windriver, Slackware and FreeBSD > > > On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, oldfart@gtonet wrote: > > >Nothing personal but I say, "good riddance" to ANYTHING Linux. > > You are a sick person. Four people laid off and you insult them on the > way out. Please seek professional help immediately. > > >IMHO, > > > >OF > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of David Johnson > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 5:16 PM > >> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG > >> Subject: Windriver, Slackware and FreeBSD > >> > >> > >> Today's announcement of the abandonment of Slackware caught me by > >> surprise. All Slackware employees laid off. Slackware was *profitable* > >> for Walnut Creek and BSDi. I think they've lost more in good will than > >> they will gain. That, plus some blatant GPL baiting, makes Windriver > >> pretty slimy. > >> > >> So, how is FreeBSD going to fare? Will they be canned as well? > Will they > >> try to distance themselves from Windriver? I think it would serve > >> Windriver right if Slackware, FreeBSD and the ftp.freesoftware.com > >> people upped, left, and started over with their own company. > >> > >> David > >> > >> 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 > > > > -- > Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers versus Redshirts to the death. > > Who is John Galt? galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who! > > > > 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