Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:09:26 -0700 From: Murray Stokely <murray@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>, Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>, FreeBSD Stable List <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Fwd: OSDisc.com donating 10% to FreeBSD Foundation] Message-ID: <20030922200926.GD8058@freebsdmall.com> In-Reply-To: <20030922141324.GA22279@submonkey.net> References: <3F6DCCF1.9020304@tenebras.com> <20030922141324.GA22279@submonkey.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 03:13:24PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote: > > WTF are these morons? Bcc'ing the FreeBSD Stable list with SPAM, > > UCE, etc. seems to me to be in terribly bad taste. I'm putting > > down my teacup so I can retract my pinkie and make a fist. > > It's an announcement of something that they're doing to help the project. > While perhaps this should have been kept to -announce, I'm happy to see it. We have tens of other vendors that have been supporting FreeBSD for much longer and have more established track records. It wouldn't be a pretty sight if every vendor spammed our technical lists like this. 10% of $5 is completely insignificant and only if the spamming is wildly successful will it even amount to enough to fund a few hours of a FreeBSD developer's time. There's nothing wrong with his post to announce@, but in many ways the whole "donating to the foundation.." line has been a disservice to this community. The foundation is just one small part of how companies can support FreeBSD, and as Warner mentioned, many that claim to send them money never in fact do so. http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/history.html http://www.freebsdmall.com/cgi-bin/fm/community.html - Murray [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE/b1b1tNcQog5FH30RAt28AJ9UpFmY4mX+JT86eO2miFo0HqGGVwCfYSuz W4rzFJ0mBmJnaz0zf1VgD/Y= =GsLt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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