From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 29 09:28:08 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF30716A4B3 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web10103.mail.yahoo.com (web10103.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.130.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C1CC43FBD for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:28:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from twigles@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20030929162808.41655.qmail@web10103.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.5.49.41] by web10103.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:28:08 PDT Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:28:08 -0700 (PDT) From: twig les To: Mick Ireland , freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1064669876.5aee8e20michael.ireland@myrealbox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: Rumour Mill on FreeBSD Death Still .... X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 16:28:08 -0000 I just bought a "Daemon Xing" shirt at Toorcon and me and the guy selling the shirts had a good laugh at slashdot's expense. It's too bad a site with so much interesting stuff is so biased in it's stories despite the fact that we have about 95% in common with the Linux ppl. The trolls make the comments almost not worth reading. --- Mick Ireland wrote: > Greetings !!! > > I sent away for a book, FreeBSD - The Complete Reference, to > help > me understand more about this OS, from an Internet site. > > No problems, got the book all okay, and there was everything I > wanted - > except that I was given a "Powered by Linux" computer badge !! > > So, I sent back an e-mail, thanking them for their prompt > service > and also a snide remark about their penguin badge : > > "G'day !!! > > > "Just want to let you know that my parcel FreeBSD - The > Complete Reference > - has arrived and all in one piece too. :-) > > > "Though why you would send me a Linux badge .... ;-)" > > I got this as their response : > > "We did send you a Linux badge because we heard rumours that > BSD is dying. We want you to be aware of any close > alternatives in case > death is imminent." > > Now, is that rumour still making the rounds ?? I mean, if it > was only the > people on these lists that are the only users of FreeBSD > forever, it will > still last longer than BeOS and such !!! > > As such, I do not know whether to be amused or annoyed by > their reponse ! > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > * * * * * * * * * * * * > Thank you, > > Bro. Michael Ireland, Australia. > > "Yes, the Jews are to be put next to the Arabs - I am sure > they > have a lot to talk about." > -- The Devil sorting out seating arrangements. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ===== ----------------------------------------------------------- Get a taste of Religion ... eat a priest! ----------------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com