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Date:      Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:33:54 -0700
From:      Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, allenc@verinet.com (Allen Campbell)
Cc:        freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: This is stupid
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20000317123145.00b601f0@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <v04220813b4f826a8481c@[195.238.1.121]>
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At 11:24 AM 3/17/2000 , Brad Knowles wrote:
   
>At 10:38 AM -0700 2000/3/17, Brett Glass wrote:
>
>>  The net effect of the policy you advocate is that FreeBSD would effectively
>>  be the exclusive property of Walnut Creek, which would have an interlocking
>>  directorate with the FreeBSD Foundation.
>
>         You really haven't been listening, have you?  Chinese walls are a standard feature in the business world, 

No, they're a standard SCAM in the business world. Even Microsoft has dropped
the pretense that there is, as they once claimed, a "Chinese wall" between
application development and OS development.

>         Remember the old adage that it's better to remain silent and thought a fool than to open your mouth and leave no doubt?  Well, right now I don't think there can be much doubt about you.

Ad hominem attacks will only embarrass you and weaken your arguments.

--Brett Glass



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