Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 21:26:15 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: W Gerald Hicks <wghicks@bellsouth.net>, "Dan O'Brien" <dmobrien@lucent.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interesting diversion - M$ vs OSS Message-ID: <4.1.19981113212448.044f91e0@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <199811131941.LAA01359@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:25:05 MST." <4.1.19981113112331.06eb1dc0@127.0.0.1>
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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
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