Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:26:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Vladimir Chukharev <chu@h33.erkki.ton.tut.fi> Subject: Re: Are the PR statistics graphs correct? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0404222217160.18803-100000@pancho> In-Reply-To: <20040422164207.39ab069b@localhost>
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On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Tom Rhodes wrote: > We have a ton of really good developers who put a lot of time and > effort into FreeBSD. But to those who have never worked on an > operating system or large software project, the PR base might > give them a reason to argue our abilities. Sad, but true. There is a 'peanut gallery' of people who think that FreeBSD is archaic, or has a Bad License Religion, or is run by an Evil Conspiracy, and any number of other equally silly things. We can never satisfy those people: I've spent some effort down that line, and am currently "retired" from that role after having come to that conclusion :-) But what we _can_ do is keep the spirit of openness that we currently have, both to keep relations good with our current user base, and to attract new ones that can read between the lines of the FUD. Obscurity, in this case, would simply give the conspiracy-theorists more ammunition. I think it would be a real mistake. Let's keep the transparency we currently have on this issue. mcl
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