From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 4 01:45:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA28875 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 01:45:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA28863 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 01:45:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA07652; Tue, 4 Nov 1997 01:44:49 -0800 (PST) To: jbryant@tfs.net cc: gdk@ccomp.inode.COM (Gary Kendall), freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mv /usr/src/games /dev/null - any objections? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 03 Nov 1997 19:18:37 CST." <199711040118.TAA03476@argus.tfs.net> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 01:44:49 -0800 Message-ID: <7648.878636689@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > well, how about these suggestions: > > Point out EVERY MS-DOG/WINBLOWZ version to these corporations, > and tell them to go for the real numbers... > > Ask them to write a FreeBSD version. Failing this, cite the > fact that since they fail to support the market, they thus have > abandoned it. All after that is fair play. > > Also point out that they have had how long to complain? How > long has boggle been part of BSD? Ignorance is not an excuse for them > either, especially if a profit is not being made. None of these suggestions are the least bit viable, sorry. The legal beagles who contacted us neither know nor care about any of these things. They merely have a box to check and will continue coming after us until those boxes are checked. Jordan