From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Aug 19 22:40:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA22651 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:40:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pop01.globecomm.net (pop01.globecomm.net [206.253.129.185]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA22604 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:40:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kevink@mindless.com) From: kevink@mindless.com Received: from hellhole (ppp-207-214-212-6.sntc01.pacbell.net [207.214.212.6]) by pop01.globecomm.net (8.9.0/8.8.0) with SMTP id BAA02719; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 01:38:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19980819005458.006931c0@pop.netaddress.com> X-Sender: gekk0@pop.netaddress.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 00:54:58 -0700 To: Sue Blake Subject: Re: New to FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980820144227.46900@welearn.com.au> References: <35DBA22A.1651240E@athena.ualr.edu> <001c01bdcbec$289fbec0$5f8bf7ca@periscope.digital-canvas.com> <35DBA22A.1651240E@athena.ualr.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi... Why pick on us Americans? Dan is from .jp (last time I check, Japan was a different country than that of the USA). Starting a .xxx origin war is stupid, and THAT has definatly nothing to do with FreeBSD, and here I am contributing to it. >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 > ------------- gekk0@usa.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message