Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 08:19:44 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Trish Lynch <trish@bsdunix.net> Cc: Bill Flamerola <flamerola@hotmail.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The problem with FreeBSD Message-ID: <20020619151944.GB85935@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20020619043457.K464-100000@femme.listmistress.org> References: <F218E38DB1nZJjXkff50001fa90@hotmail.com> <20020619043457.K464-100000@femme.listmistress.org>
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* Trish Lynch <trish@bsdunix.net> [020619 03:01] wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Bill Flamerola wrote: > > > And I'm talking to you, stupid Alfred Perlstein. > > Alfred is an interesting person. He seems to be drunk most of the time, has > > never contributed anything important to the project, yet he likes to flame > > around all the time. > > As someone who has known Alfred a long time, yes, he can be an asshole, he > also does a hell of a lot of work, is willing to do "grunt" work, and > while these aren;t huge projects, he's filled in where needed. That says > so much more for his willingness to actually do something to advance the > project as a whole. I must commend your ability to pretend to stick up for someone and at the same time call them names and belittle their work. The difference between you and I is that I know when I'm being an asshole, you seem to be having a good time being able to blunder about not realizing it for the good part of your life. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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