From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Nov 24 21:57:45 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA29775 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:57:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA29770 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:57:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id WAA05562; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:55:47 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.1.19981124224816.0645fda0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: brett@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 22:53:59 -0700 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD? Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <48607.911959442@zippy.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 06:04 PM 11/24/98 -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: >> The problem is that, because Walnut Creek is really the source for the >> CD-ROMs, folks here are powerless to do very much. The best we can do > >Not to put too fine a point on it, but this is complete and total >equine exhaust material. Hmmm.... If your horse produces exhaust, it probably needs tuning. ;-) >As I've frequently stated here, all you have to do is tell me WHEN AND >WHERE to send CD-ROMS and they will be sent. This is good to know! I hadn't seen any such information before. >I don't think people really quite realize just how many CDs are >provided freely and at substantial expense to Walnut Creek CDROM - I >think the 2.2.6 give-away program ran well into high 5 figure amount$ >and, indeed, the only reaction we got from Brett was heavy criticism >for sending out a product with "known security problems." I still think that's so. When you give away freebies, you always want to put your best foot forward! If you hand someone something as a sample with NO WARNING that it could compromise their data and/or the security of their enterprise, you are NOT going to produce a positive result. If ONE HACKER gets in, sets up a packet sniffer, and causes a high-profile security breach at a major corporation, it'll do five figures worth of HARM to FreeBSD's reputation. >Sometimes I >think it's just impossible to satisfy some folks which, in turn, leads >me to wonder whether it's even worth-while trying to do so. Ruminate >on that a bit, won't you? I think it's important to be careful where one ruminates, lest one produce, er, undesirable exhaust material. ;-) --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message