From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Dec 3 10:26:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF67437B401 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:26:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6212F43EA9 for ; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:26:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org) Received: from blackhelicopters.org (mwlucas@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blackhelicopters.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gB3IQKYc054632; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:26:20 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id gB3IQKWD054631; Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:26:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:26:20 -0500 From: Michael Lucas To: "Marc G. Fournier" Cc: Johnson David , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: List of big names ... Message-ID: <20021203132620.A54590@blackhelicopters.org> References: <200212021246.48260.DavidJohnson@Siemens.com> <20021203140503.L36076-100000@hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20021203140503.L36076-100000@hub.org>; from scrappy@hub.org on Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:06:57PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:06:57PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Johnson David wrote: > > There are a couple of things that FreeBSD could do, short of selling its > > soul through incorporation. One thing that might be interesting is to > > make the Linux compatibility framework be LSB compliant (if possible). > > Another is to set up a foundation, so there's at least some semblance of > > hiearchical organization. > > Ummmm ... there used to be a FreeBSD Foundation, wasn't there? In fact, I > thought that FreeBSD was incorporated as a non-profit as well? www.freebsdfoundation.org There is also a FreeBSD, inc. IIRC, it is owned by Wind River Systems. -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons Absolute BSD: http://www.AbsoluteBSD.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message