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Date:      Tue, 19 Jun 2001 21:12:41 -0700
From:      Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
To:        jmr71769@earthlink.net
Cc:        jjohnson@au.yahoo-inc.com, hal@vailsys.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Anyone see todays Wall Street Journal article: Microsoft Using Free Software (or something to that effect)
Message-ID:  <20010619211241W.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: <01061922233101.00956@alpha1.moonbase>
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I don't think this kind of invective is appropriate for the
freebsd-hackers list.  Perhaps you should confine your sentiments to
less public venues.

- Jordan

From: "Jeffrey M. Reed" <jmr71769@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Anyone see todays Wall Street Journal article: Microsoft Using Free Software (or something to that effect)
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:23:31 -0400

> stop being bastards. heh. i don't give a rat's ass about 
> any of this. it just makes me mad/laugh that people are 
> dumb enough to buy into that .net/hotmail/subscription 
> based bullshit and other stuff. if you use it, i really 
> don't care. in fact, M$ has been swell about helping the 
> economy and all that shit...helping people get jobs. i just 
> can't stand the fact that while 2K is decent, 'Me' is a 
> piece of crap and they sell it to these poor stupid 
> AOL/email people (hey, what the hell...i used to be one) 
> and they slap the all-american M$ label on it and...ARGH!
> 
> i'm not making any points here so screw it.
> 
> go program something already.
> 
> :)
> 
> besides, a devil is much more macho than a gay little 
> pastel colored window or something dumb called 
> 'Me'...fucking marketing geniouses.
> 
> >:\
> 
> and, i have nothing against gay people either...as long as 
> they're not playing loud GAY music that i can hear. 
> hehehhehehhe.
> 
> 
> On Tuesday 19 June 2001 21:42, Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> > From: "Jeremiah Johnson" <jjohnson@au.yahoo-inc.com>
> > Subject: RE: Anyone see todays Wall Street Journal
> > article: Microsoft Using Free Software (or something to
> > that effect) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:03:46 +1000
> >
> > > That's the BSD license for ya.
> > >
> > > There needs to be a license that says something to the
> > > effect of "Anyone can use/buy/sell/modify/distribute
> > > this software with or without source code except
> > > Microsoft."
> >
> > Why?  I'd personally be happy if Microsoft software was
> > made a lot easier to use by incorporating BSD stuff. 
> > Imagine, a Windows 2000 firewall that didn't suck rocks,
> > or DHCP renegotiation that didn't drop all my active
> > connections by default when my modem hung up
> > unexpectedly...  It would be nice!
> >
> > The only thing people are really slamming Microsoft here
> > is being hypocritical.  Actually using BSD code is an
> > action I support for any value of the licensee string. :)
> >
> > - Jordan
> >
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> > message
> 
> -- 
> 
> +-----
> +  Jeffrey M. Reed
> +  Linux System Administrator
> +  Metro West Boston Linux User Group
> +  jreed@linuxbusca.com
> +  (508)792-6070
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