From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 6 14:31:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA02382 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 14:31:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA02359 for ; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 14:31:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.7.4/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA16537; Wed, 6 Mar 1996 14:31:27 -0800 (PST) To: "Ron G. Minnich" cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux vs FreeBSD comparison - it's time, I think! In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 06 Mar 1996 09:56:09 EST." Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 14:31:26 -0800 Message-ID: <16535.826151486@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Sounds fine to me, but I think we should make an effort to be absolutely > fair and to show some integrity. All numbers should be verified with > 2 or more people, and pointers to the results should be maintained. If we > get a rep for playing fast and loose with the facts then we have a > problem. If we get a rep for being honest and being willing to give linux > its due (and it does have its good points) then we get to be an honest > broker. Absolutely. My only point was that we should not let our exaggerated sense of fairness stop us from doing a little comparative marketing. Jordan