From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jul 8 00:21:18 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id AAA22819 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 8 Jul 1995 00:21:18 -0700 Received: from mercury.unt.edu (mercury.unt.edu [129.120.1.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id AAA22797 for ; Sat, 8 Jul 1995 00:21:15 -0700 Received: from gab.unt.edu by mercury.unt.edu with SMTP id AA04231 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for ); Sat, 8 Jul 1995 02:21:12 -0500 Received: from GAB/SpoolDir by gab.unt.edu (Mercury 1.13); Sat, 8 Jul 95 2:21:11 CST6CDT Received: from SpoolDir by GAB (Mercury 1.13); Sat, 8 Jul 95 2:21:02 CST6CDT From: "John Booth" Organization: University of North Texas To: "Stephen F. Combs" Date: Sat, 8 Jul 1995 02:20:56 CST6CDT Subject: Re: Proposal to change name of this list to a less embarras Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 Message-Id: <33E1972213@gab.unt.edu> Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > I agree wholeheartedly, but don't know what to re-name it to! I'd recommend > "internals" or something like that (to retain the flavor of it being those > who work deep within......). > > > > I propose we change the list name `hackers' to [ Suggestions Please ]. > > > > It's hard enough to persuade bosses and friends to use FreeBSD, rather than > > something commercial, it's harder still when one must tell the `Suits': > > "Your administrator should subscribe to a list called `hackers'" > > > > The difference between a `hacker' & a `cracker' is something I don't think this would help stop the stero-typing, just ferment it. I think the mailing list name is fine. If the 'Suits' are worried about a list called hackers@blah, educate them. Tell them what it should mean, not what they think it means. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- College of Arts & Sciences Computing Services John A. Booth, john@gab.unt.edu