Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 09:31:16 +0100 From: Marius Bendiksen <Marius.Bendiksen@scancall.no> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux to be deployed in Mexican schools; Where was FreeBSD? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981125093116.00970b50@mail.scancall.no> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981124224816.0645fda0@127.0.0.1> References: <48607.911959442@zippy.cdrom.com> <Your message of "Tue, 24 Nov 1998 16:01:32 MST." <4.1.19981124155935.064ed4c0@127.0.0.1>
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>Hmmm.... If your horse produces exhaust, it probably needs tuning. ;-) Which is what I believe he's been trying to do on this list, so far. >This is good to know! I hadn't seen any such information before. I can't quite recall seeing it explicitly stated, but I believe I've seen multiple postings that imply such a thing. Also, my memory may be defective, so a posting may have slipped my mind :) >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. Better to take a slap to the face and get back in there, rather than to slide into oblivion. In fact, they might get a first-hand chance at seeing how FreeBSD handles bug reports, and how quickly such things are fixed. Ever think about what impact -that- might have? They might realize that we -fix- the problems asap. We need PR. >I think it's important to be careful where one ruminates, lest one >produce, er, undesirable exhaust material. ;-) Always a good idea. However, Jordan does recieve little gratitude for his actions, it seems to me, and quite a lot of critizism. People are generally better at pointing out what should be done differently than they are at pointing out what's being done right.. You're doing a great job, jordy. The effort *is* worth it. --- Marius Bendiksen, IT-Trainee, ScanCall AS <marius@scancall.no> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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