From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 2 15:02:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22106 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:02:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA22092 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:02:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA02040; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 14:59:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811022259.OAA02040@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Greg Lehey cc: Mike Smith , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The halloween document again. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 03 Nov 1998 09:27:20 +1030." <19981103092720.Y354@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 14:59:44 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > On Monday, 2 November 1998 at 6:47:52 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > He does have one good point; if Microsoft persist in their > > already-manifest policy of "dec-commoditising" protocol information (as > > a facet of using their monopoly position to control the market), then we > > do face a truly desperate battle to continue to interoperate in a useful > > fashion. > > Indeed. In fact, even if this document is a forgery, this particular > issue remains valid. It's valid; see my previous post or http://slashdot.org -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message