From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Mar 16 23:52:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FE1937BD9A for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:52:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA21621; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 00:51:53 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000317004949.040fa100@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 00:51:51 -0700 To: Doug Barton From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: The Merger, and what will its effects be on committers? Cc: Brad Knowles , Paul Richards , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <38D1C2FD.3339346F@gorean.org> References: <4.2.2.20000315175102.03f72520@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313111904.041e0c00@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312122651.00b1e880@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312144558.04190e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000312160425.00b16e80@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313103859.0410fe30@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313111904.041e0c00@localhost> <4.2.2.20000313131120.041d91f0@localhost> <4.2.2.20000315175102.03f72520@localhost> <4.2.2.20000316175744.04112740@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:30 PM 3/16/2000 , Doug Barton wrote: > > The fact is, that if someone owns the trademark and doesn't make a > > commitment to an explicit policy, NO ONE knows whether he or she has a leg > > to stand on. This is known as FUD. > > No it isn't. FUD is short for "Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt." It's the >spreading of disinformation about a project by its detractors. This is a >common tactic employed by say, microsoft. Wrong. Note that the word "misinformation" is nowhere in the words "fear," "uncertainty," or "doubt." And for good reason. What FUD is, fundamentally, is an atmosphere in which people do not act because they cannot access their chances of success. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message