From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Mar 24 22: 4:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from srv1.thuntek.net (srv1.thuntek.net [206.206.98.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 002CC15171 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:04:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwilde1@thuntek.net) Received: from thuntek.net (abq-072.thuntek.net [207.66.52.72]) by srv1.thuntek.net (8.9.1/8.6.12TNT1.0) with ESMTP id XAA24881; Wed, 24 Mar 1999 23:03:56 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <36F9D184.8C26D7B0@thuntek.net> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 23:02:44 -0700 From: Donald Wilde X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.08 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.1-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steve Price Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is IBM pro-Linux? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Price wrote: > > This just in, hot off one of the debian lists. :) > [snip] > I don't know about you, but I've already made my choice. > > Not IBM, not Motorola, not ANYONE shall stand in my way. I've set out to > Hmmm... Did you see the abrupt cut-off? I can just see him being hauled off and injected with a dose of something pastel blue in a hypo... Glad they're fighting hard, but anybody making payware money will resist Linux or FreeBSD once it threatens their cash cow. We'll do far better to target Compaq, who has no such commitment and who needs an OS that runs on both of their platforms. There's no s/w support costs for our stuff, either. -- Donald Wilde "Bringing the Internet to everyone!" Wilde Media 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd. SE #117 voice: 505-771-0709 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 e-mail: dwilde1@thuntek.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message