Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:20:14 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net> Cc: FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: linux.com misconceptions Message-ID: <19990521092014.R89091@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <37441A7F.68BD9EF2@thuntek.net>; from Donald Wilde on Thu, May 20, 1999 at 08:21:51AM -0600 References: <99051916483400.07598@thanatos.conio.net> <37432551.6808FC52@thuntek.net> <19990520092257.M89091@freebie.lemis.com> <37441A7F.68BD9EF2@thuntek.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thursday, 20 May 1999 at 8:21:51 -0600, Donald Wilde wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> > >> Don, I think you're the guy to write them a calm, friendly letter >> explaining the inaccuracies, in particular referring to the Gardener >> Group report. You should also remind them of BSD/OS and OpenBSD as >> well. >> > Looks like the desired result has already been accomplished, although > perhaps more bluntly than I would have asked for it. Agreed. I didn't see the original, but it sounds as if it could have been more tactful. As you see, the other side was more than reasonable. > It's hard to use the GG report, since it's been officially pulled > from the web, and they would not allow me to re-post it. I didn't think they would. But you're still allowed to quote it: "Gardner group report finds FreeBSD has 40% higher throughput than Linux" must be completely legal. > Thanks for the VOC, though! You're welcome. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19990521092014.R89091>