From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 2 15:32:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25302 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:32:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail3.svr.freeserve.net (mail3.svr.freeserve.net [194.152.65.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25282 for ; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 15:32:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from c.raven@ukonline.co.uk) Received: from modem-42.rhodium.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.22.42] helo=ukonline.co.uk) by mail3.svr.freeserve.net with esmtp (Exim 2.05iplimit-2 #4) id 0zaTPp-0001Gq-00; Mon, 2 Nov 1998 23:29:42 +0000 Message-ID: <363E403D.1C294208@ukonline.co.uk> Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 23:29:01 +0000 From: Christopher Raven Organization: CIAN X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.07 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey CC: Mike Smith , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The halloween document again. References: <19981103092720.Y354@freebie.lemis.com> <199811022259.OAA02040@dingo.cdrom.com> <19981103095033.D354@freebie.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Greg Lehey wrote: > > On Monday, 2 November 1998 at 14:59:44 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > >> 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 > > Which one? I thought I saw them all. > > > or http://slashdot.org > > You don't seriously expect me to do anything with that URL, do you? > All it tells me is that the FreeBSD core team is going to split into > two rival factions. If there's something to report there, you could > at least specify the correct URL. I believe it is on the front page, Microsoft appears to have confirmed the document in a conversation with a USA newspaper. As stated, http://www.slashdot.org/ Also: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,28215,00.html?st.ne.ni.lh Chris R. -- Christopher Raven E-mail: c.raven@ukonline.co.uk & ICQ: 2254369 http://www.FreeBSD.org/ "The power to serve" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message