From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Mar 17 11:34:17 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 9431C37B88A for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:34:15 -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 MAA06891; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:33:58 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000317123145.00b601f0@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:33:54 -0700 To: Brad Knowles , Terry Lambert , allenc@verinet.com (Allen Campbell) From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: This is stupid Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.2.20000317103557.00b32ef0@localhost> <4.2.2.20000317092004.040fc560@localhost> <38D1F624.2C97055A@verinet.com> <4.2.2.20000317092004.040fc560@localhost> <4.2.2.20000317103557.00b32ef0@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 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message