From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Aug 19 21:43:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14126 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:43:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA14107 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 21:43:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA19513; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 14:42:30 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980820144227.46900@welearn.com.au> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 14:42:27 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Joe Cc: FreeBSD Newbies List Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD References: <001c01bdcbec$289fbec0$5f8bf7ca@periscope.digital-canvas.com> <35DBA22A.1651240E@athena.ualr.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <35DBA22A.1651240E@athena.ualr.edu>; from Joe on Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 11:12:26PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Aug 19, 1998 at 11:12:26PM -0500, Joe wrote: > These lists are for people to have that kind of discussion. Just because it > has nothing to do with you or I does not mean you have to post a message to > take it elsewhere. Besides, it sounds like something I would go to if it were > close to home. Anybody planning on doing a FreeBSD workshop in the states? > > Daniel Minoru Saito wrote: > > > Joe Joe Joe.. have I picked a bad bone with you I was just pointing out the > > fact that should be local talk. Most of these people have .au address > > granted that the people discussing about this are Australian based. Granted > > you and or I are from somewhere other than Australia, it doesn't concern us. > > Primarily, thats my point. > > > > Dan > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joe > > Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Sue Blake > > >> Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD > > >> > > >> >> > >> at the AUUG Winter conference in Sydney in September. See > > >> >> > >> http://www.auug.org.au/winter/auug98/ for more details. I have two things to say on this: 1. FreeBSD belongs to the world. Items of local interest have always been seen as appropriate for this and all other FreeBSD lists. Now maybe that only started because the "local interest" area was the USA, but the precedent has been set. In fact, we've enjoyed many disucssions relating specifically to what's going on in Canada, or Thailand, or on one day in one room in one suburb of one USA city. It's too late to stop now, even if we wanted to. 2. Americans and others will attend this conference, just as Australians attended USENIX (you know, that highly local event that speckled the lists for weeks a while ago). We seem to value community more than reducing the number of interactions. That's the way it is 'round here. 3. In Australia, and in other places where microsoft is not used, we read quoted email from the top to the bottom :-) 4. I can't count. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message