From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 22:09:32 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D908210657BD for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:09:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f163.google.com (mail-fx0-f163.google.com [209.85.220.163]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6319F8FC13 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:09:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by fxm7 with SMTP id 7so2207553fxm.43 for ; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:09:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=NDGfzXqyoBmE2o7HPYbvRtUwCHMdqF/eoKq1rbn+qp4=; b=gMXx8yo+Ljy42UlAo0X1xTxVXnYg4EmMJEV1Ej24YSgSJc3PtgZ1v4ahx2qw1hVvTe FrAfLl6bKTdxQpWstegfYwC7gNcIr1L9nhuNZS+RWCytaWokOO0yFoW9m1vafxQu4nXW 8VfntIW758SiJCHefI8SiaElLTV6b1cHD3tlg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=YqTPYWxlVNfwSDHVpOe3cynL9qFHePVVO/yox9ClSVXHLJihcy0Shy9+8wiZf6bSw/ mM1JBSRX+/XDY+wS4DlubxuOHaf9FDei4OMqzC1jcUptBSmmqilOaGu/Y10fyaibCblB G5Ga05DUj9jWO2wvwU+casvfMwTwh8G2YibeQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.54.143 with SMTP id q15mr192258bkg.148.1243980571416; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:09:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4688025620918128507458768288443306245-Webmail@me.com> <20090602215339.GA86750@barragry.com> From: Chris Rees Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:09:11 +0100 Message-ID: To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Flamewar ( was: Sponsoring FreeBSD) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:09:34 -0000 2009/6/2 Wojciech Puchar : ... >> >>> Do you really mean i have enough power to just dumb any sponsors >>> (potential, not "potential") by writing a post on public mailing >>> list? >> >> Any person might look at people in the community and decide that they >> don't want to be a part of that community after all. =A0That's why it >> would be nice if everyone could be courteous and helpful. >> >> I'm not specifically referring to you, Mr. Puchar. =A0I'm talking about >> the general case. > > You are right. But do you try to say that we should think about consequen= ces > for potential sponsoring every word we say?! > > Is FreeBSD FREE SOFTWARE or commercial product that's selling some way? > > If first - then we should not care how much more/less money people will p= ay > as a gift every time we post. > > If second - then please Owners declare it clearly and just add statement > about this. > > Anyway - Do users of any commercial product support list must think if th= eir > words will lower the selling of the product? i don't think so. > > > But if i'm not right - please add on FreeBSD webpage/mailing list info > > "Every sentence that can potentially lower the income or core team are > punished with 10 lashes. Erik Osterholm will be the executor". > Or, you could see from the attitude of the users that they don't deserve your hard earned cash, and can carry on using an underfunded operating system TO MAKE MONEY. Yes, that's you. I bet you don't talk to YOUR customers like that. Chris --=20 A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in a mailing list?