From owner-freebsd-advocacy Thu May 14 02:21:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA16630 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Thu, 14 May 1998 02:21:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zippy.dyn.ml.org (garbanzo@pm3-5.ppp.wenet.net [206.15.85.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA16622 for ; Thu, 14 May 1998 02:21:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from garbanzo@hooked.net) Received: from localhost (garbanzo@localhost) by zippy.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id CAA07392; Thu, 14 May 1998 02:21:40 -0700 (PDT) X-Authentication-Warning: zippy.dyn.ml.org: garbanzo owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 02:21:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex X-Sender: garbanzo@zippy.dyn.ml.org To: Adrian Filipi-Martin cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enough Microsoft In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 14 May 1998, Adrian Filipi-Martin wrote: > On Wed, 13 May 1998, Ted Stein wrote: > > > Is this a list for FreeBSD advocacy suggestions, or a place to bash > > Microsoft? If you want us to (for example) write a letter to our state > > attorneys against Microsoft, pitch it out to -chat as an idea for spare > > time. I've seen a few good advocacy ideas come through here, definitely, > > and I don't mean any insult to those of you who are anti-Microsoft (and > > show it here) or those who aren't. I simply mean that there is a threat of > > "Microsoft this" and "Microsoft that" breaking out, and that's why I left > > Linux. > > Well, I can see your point and do sympathise with it, I cannot > agree with it. Yes, bashing is booring, but I count on the better posts > to published articles, etc. as things I can cite when arguing the > correctness of choosing a non-MS OS for certain applications. It sounds a > lot better to have anecdotes and analysis, than it does to say "Well, I > don't think your considering the alternatives. Listen to me!" Well if you're looking for anti-MS info, check out the San Francisco Chronicle. I've yet to see positive press on MS. The last tech related article I read in it was something to the effect of "California trying to get other states on the bandwagon [of suing Microsoft]", and something about MS buying Vermont and Arizona senators. Hmm. :^) - alex "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message