From owner-freebsd-advocacy Wed Apr 29 02:36:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA07877 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 02:36:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA07856 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 02:36:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from papillon.lemis.com ([192.122.138.250]) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA19984; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 19:06:18 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (grog@localhost) by papillon.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) id QAA00925; Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:50:51 +0800 (SGT) Message-ID: <19980428165048.25325@papillon.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 16:50:48 +0800 From: Greg Lehey To: dwilde1@ibm.net, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [SPECweb] secret architectural discussion - shhh! References: <19949.893621805@time.cdrom.com> <354415D7.E4203555@ibm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <354415D7.E4203555@ibm.net>; from Don Wilde on Sun, Apr 26, 1998 at 10:21:27PM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 26 April 1998 at 22:21:27 -0700, Don Wilde wrote: > I'm making this response public because I want my change in direction to > be clear to all of you. While Jordan and David have not said we cannot > win such a challenge as SPECweb with the proper equipment and > preparation, they are counselling a more patient approach that does not > require megabuck hardware and a dice roll, which is what a media whoopee > like I suggested would be. As somebody else has suggested here ( -chat ) > in the last hour, look at what Billy Boy's flop has cost him this last > month. We can't afford a public embarrassment like that. Although it > would've been a blast to set such a rocketfest up, the gamble is a very > large one and failure would burn too many bridges. Congratulations. It's obvious this wasn't an easy choice for you, but I agree it was the correct one. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message