From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 3 15:46:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA18815 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:46:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mn26hp6.honeywell.com (mn26hp6.honeywell.com [129.30.4.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA18653 for ; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:45:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sleas@mn26hp6.honeywell.com) Received: from localhost by mn26hp6.honeywell.com with SMTP (1.40.112.4/16.2) id AA205778607; Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:43:27 -0600 Date: Tue, 3 Mar 1998 17:43:27 -0600 (CST) From: Shawn Leas To: Simon Shapiro Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0-RELEASE? In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Simon Shapiro wrote: > On 03-Mar-98 Shawn Leas wrote: > > Selling exemption to netiquete is panamount to the pope selling > > forgiveness in the old days of the catholic church. (Please don't take > > this as a flame, catholics, it's just historical fact) I think the price > > should be $1,000,000,000. > > Lighten up, people. I wanted Jordan to respond. I got his response. > I't is a joke. The serious part is coming up with a series of incentives. > Remember, the number of eager contributors is less than a thousand. At > $10.00 a pop, this will keep Steve in the SMP business for 2 days (at his > rates :-). We need to attract the reluctant, the lazy, the indifferent. > This will take some doing. Now that you all agree which is absurd, > immoral, crazy, suecidal, etc. Come up with real suggestions. Hey man, just having fun! OK, suggestion #1: BEWARE: RANTINGS OF A BORED DEPRIVED CAFFEINE ADDICT AHEAD I saw mentioned before a "corporate" membership. Hey, I kinda like the idea. Maybe a new members-only mailing list dedicated to the support of corporate members would attract the corporate sector. As long as it is exclusive, (I know, I'm selling my soul to corp. america) big companies like that. Heavily push the warm fuzy fealing of the resource being there, just for you, the member. Whether FreeBSD Inc is contractually obligated to solve your problem or not, I think it is a big selling (*oops*, there's that word) point. > > Reject donations??? Maybe from Chinese interests who just want > > political influence. > > You are tempting an old anarchist here... :-) Chinees donations are FINE > in my opinion. this is not Washington DC. Core members will NOT be baught > for mere money. Neither will the voters. Besides, it is open books all > the way. C'mon, now, I didn't mean to raise anyones ire. And you're right, this is NOT DC. At least our guys have souls, and I am sure that they are far from selling them, too. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message