From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 3 15:22:48 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B44916A4CF for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:22:48 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpq2.home.nl (smtpq2.home.nl [213.51.128.197]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A1B443D5A for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:22:47 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dodell@sitetronics.com) Received: from [213.51.128.136] (port=59842 helo=smtp5.home.nl) by smtpq2.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D6sA2-0000em-Gd; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:22:46 +0100 Received: from cc740438-a.deven1.ov.home.nl ([82.72.18.239]:34546 helo=192.168.1.104) by smtp5.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1D6sA0-0007Sp-Pz; Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:22:44 +0100 From: "Devon H. O'Dell" To: "Julian H. Stacey" In-Reply-To: <200503031519.j23FJoIY042729@fire.jhs.private> References: <200503031519.j23FJoIY042729@fire.jhs.private> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: SiteTronics Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:22:44 +0100 Message-Id: <1109863364.3932.191.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AtHome-MailScanner-Information: Please contact support@home.nl for more information X-AtHome-MailScanner: Found to be clean cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logo idea and FreeBSD.com concept X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2005 15:22:48 -0000 On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 16:19 +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > "Devon H. O'Dell" wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 11:23 +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > Personal (& list/ group) preferences for http://FreeBSD.com > > > to be fixed or variable width, are Irrelevant & a waste of our > > > reading time. http://freebsd.com points at freebsd.org but could > > > switch. Owner has not given or sold domain to us. > > > whois freebsd.com > > > Registrant: > > > Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (DKWSKOEOWD) > > > Hardstrasse 235 > > > Zurich, ZH 8005 > > > Please be more realistic on issues. There's too much hot air on this list. > > > > As I have stated before, the idea is to have a site readily available > > and endorsed by the project as a PR site for businesses and > > corporations. Whether or not the site is accessible via FreeBSD.com is > > irrelevant. > > I don't mean personal criticism of any one person. But ... > There's Far too much idle chat on advocacy@. Some should subscribe chat@, > & some of us should direct windy threads & people to chat@ > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat Contrary to some others on this list, I have consistently put my money where my mouth is. > Noise to signal ratio on advocacy@ remains so high I'm considering > unsubscribing again, unfortunate as I'm interested in Practical BSD advocacy > ( Created a BSD-UG, initiated BSD leaflet for exhibitions, > organised BSD stands etc http://berklix.org/bim/leaflet/ ). > > Advocacy@ should contain only what Helps BSD Advocacy, eg: > "Who will help man a BSD stand in _Your_City_ in 2 weeks ?" > "Who will help man a BSD install event in _Your_City_ in 2 weeks ?" > "Who will co-author a BSD book ?" > "Here's a _maintained_ URL, to print/forward to acquaintances who > ask the eternal question: "Why use BSD rather than Linux ?"" > > No defocused chat on advocacy@ please. _Please_ chat on chat@ !! You're right in this case. This thread is starting to really get more chat oriented. Unfortunately I don't (nor do I care to) subscribe to chat@, so I'll just let it die. Thanks for pointing this out; I don't think I would have been objective enough to see it :) > - > Julian Stacey Net & Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com > Mail in Ascii (Html=Spam). Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz. --Devon