From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 20 12:36: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (hokkshideh.jetcafe.org [205.147.43.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EEA337B401 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:36:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hokkshideh.jetcafe.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA06904; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:35:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200106201935.MAA06904@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with version: MH 6.8.4 #1[UCI] To: Jordan Hubbard Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone see todays Wall Street Journal article: Microsoft Using Free Software (or something to that effect) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:35:41 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jordan Hubbard writes: > 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. :) Oh there's a lot more to slam them about. They have this idea that proprietary standards will force a free marketplace to refrain from competitive selection. It seems to work too. So you want us to show restraint? Make it so we don't have to deal with blinded consumers who's pro-microsoft rantings resemble the religious fervor of a tent revival. ;) Finding out that they've been using BSD code all along only rubs salt in the wounds. ------ Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< "Trying to control information in the network age is about as successful as pissing into the wind." - Keith Henson, in an article on the AABBS prosecution, _Computer_underground_Digest_, Jan. 21, 1995. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message