From owner-freebsd-advocacy Fri Nov 6 18:41:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA12240 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:41:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-12.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12201 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 18:40:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.05demon1 #1) id 0zbyIu-0004ZM-00; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 02:40:45 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id CAA00476; Sat, 7 Nov 1998 02:40:13 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-1) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA22350; Sat, 7 Nov 98 02:40:10 GMT Message-Id: <3643B2DC.4397743B@uk.radan.com> Date: Sat, 07 Nov 1998 02:39:24 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Wes Peters Cc: Daniel Berlin , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Halloween memo - what does it mean? References: <364341A8.5D32F671@softweyr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Wes Peters wrote: > Microsoft DOES participate in a well-organized conspiracy to get their > software onto every computer in the world, it's called "the Marketing > Department." It's obviously very effective, because they haven't won > their current sales figures through technological superiority;> A classic example of "Well-marketed mediocrity will triumph over technical excellence every time" > -- > Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket? > > Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061 > Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message -- When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. Mark Ovens, CNC Applications Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.uk.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message