Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 16:53:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Dan Evensen <pcadmn@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: We need your old laptop for a committer... Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1001009164301.85778F-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <F290YQYx3G5aYY61LEd0000b2c6@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Dan Evensen wrote: > I stand by my opinion. I live in Free Country with a free voice. I stand > by what I said. There are millions of deserving people in this world. If > this person is so good WHY cant they afford a Laptop Successful people > could. This is really out of line. Not every country in the world is benefiting from the current up-swing in the US stock market and technology sector, and I find your assertion that anyone successful could afford a laptop fairly offensive. No doubt there are millions of deserving people, but frankly, few come with the recommendation of a long-time FreeBSD developer. Coming from a free country and having a free voice doesn't alleviate the need to think before speaking, and doesn't mean that everyone who can hear you is as fortunate or as wealthy. No one is saying you can't legally say what you say, but many people are suggesting that it was completely inappropriate for the freebsd-hackers mailing list, and quite out of sync with reality. In the future, I'd ask that you keep such opinions to yourself--it's clear you're unwilling to donate a system, and your silence to indicate that would have been quite sufficient as a response. Thanks, Robert N M Watson robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1 TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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