From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 2 21:24:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA24068 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 21:24:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cimlogic.com.au (cimlog.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.51.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA24061 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 21:24:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jb@cimlogic.com.au) Received: (from jb@localhost) by cimlogic.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.1) id OAA19353; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 14:32:40 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jb) From: John Birrell Message-Id: <199810030432.OAA19353@cimlogic.com.au> Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981002221355.0422fc60@mail.lariat.org> from Brett Glass at "Oct 2, 98 10:15:44 pm" To: brett@lariat.org (Brett Glass) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 14:32:39 +1000 (EST) Cc: jb@cimlogic.com.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com, fpawlak@execpc.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brett Glass wrote: > At 02:20 PM 10/3/98 +1000, John Birrell wrote: > > >Maybe you'd be better off looking at other FreeBSD distributions like > >http://www.cybernet.com/ (NetMAX), for example, and going out to tell the > >world about them. My guess is that people subscribed to this list are tired > >of hearing you have verbal tantrums. > > If you think that my messages constitute "tantrums," then you're missing the > point. I'm calling for serious investment to stop an alarming trend that's > getting close to the point of no return. Sorry then, the more you rant, the more the point gets missed. Walnut Creek is free to choose it's core business and the way it chooses to run that business. You can say you don't like that. We've heard you already! I happen to disagree with you. -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message