From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 28 2: 7:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n0b.san.rr.com (dt051n0b.san.rr.com [204.210.32.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A191A37B755 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 02:07:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from gorean.org (doug@master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n0b.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA27532; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 02:06:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Message-ID: <38BA48C1.FAE77FF5@gorean.org> Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 02:06:57 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT-0227 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Bryant Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: idea: official hardware manufacturer blacklist - let's wake em up! References: <200002280825.CAA47081@ppp-207-193-186-1.kscymo.swbell.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jim Bryant wrote: > > Don't show the negative, only show the positive ... promote those vendors > > that are open to FreeBSD, don't put down those that don't ... > > Translation: > Be a good *BOY*, stay in your place. Well you're certainly acting like a boy, so if the shoe fits... > Read my last post, nothing has to be done negatively in posting a > boycott list, in fact, it would be a highly positive experience. I > would think that such corporations would be more than willing to open > up after a little publicity. What you're failing to understand here is that there is nothing about this approach that could be positive. You're arguing from your imagination with people who deal with real live hardware vendors as part of their day to day experience, and are in fact making progress with bringing freebsd into greater acceptance. Once again, this thread is inappropriate for -hackers. Please take it to -advocacy where it belongs. -- "Welcome to the desert of the real." - Laurence Fishburne as Morpheus, "The Matrix" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message