Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 11:27:24 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Francisco Reyes <lists@natserv.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat List <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FreeBSDmall vs Daemonnews mall Message-ID: <20020116112724.C14632@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20020116094211.Y19885-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>; from lists@natserv.com on Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 09:51:54AM -0500 References: <20020116094211.Y19885-100000@zoraida.natserv.net>
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--KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 09:51:54AM -0500, Francisco Reyes wrote: > I personally have a hard time thinking about going back to > using/buying/supporting FreeBSD mall. I am aware of all Walnut Creek has > done for FreeBSD, but I have a bad taste in my mounth about how things > went with the sale of Walnut Creek's assets previously. Perhaps the > economics forced(?) Walnut Creek to sell. I don't know whether the sell to > BSDI was because of money or seen as an "estratigic" alliance. >=20 > On the other hand I see Daemonnews as a company that is trying to stay > "true" to it's roots. I foresee doing all my BSD purchases from them. At this point I'm doing both. I'll admit the BSDi and WRS thing leaves me with icky feelings, but FreeBSD Mall employees are definatly doing good work today. > I also disliked some comments I read from "Bob Bruce" saying that > Daemonews "jumped the gun" when they created their mall. As I see it there > was a moment where the status of the "FreeBSD Assets" were in the air, > Wind River didn't seem to care, and Daemonews filled in a need in the > market. What could be wrong with that? You might want to reread the article. At least the news.com article attibutes that to Larry Macfarlane at WRS who as far as I can tell has no clue about anything FreeBSD related. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8RdQcXY6L6fI4GtQRAkiWAJkBSXVwQ8GIwNX7XFcHqx0IFSrEcgCcC3+I GFqY06lKso6oEI+AshapFnU= =oqNK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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