From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Nov 13 20:27:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA12830 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:27:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA12825 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 20:27:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id VAA09446; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 21:27:00 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981113212448.044f91e0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: brett@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 21:26:15 -0700 To: Mike Smith From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Interesting diversion - M$ vs OSS Cc: W Gerald Hicks , "Dan O'Brien" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199811131941.LAA01359@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 11:41 AM 11/13/98 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >Eric is a almost-zero-content provider desperately manipulating the >"open source" image to his best advantage. He'll take any stance he >feels will win him approval at the time. > >It's trivial to trash the guy, but I think the most succinct thing you >can say about him is that he's largely irrelevant. Well, people are touting his VERY mediocre and poorly written paper, "The Cathedral and the Bazaar," as if it were a definitive proof that Linux Is Ghod. And it is hurting the BSDs, alas. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message