Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 19:12:07 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@san.rr.com> To: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Project FreeBSD 98 Message-ID: <3532C5F7.B0F474C4@san.rr.com> References: <199804140005.TAA02276@darkstar.connect.com>
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Frank Pawlak wrote: > These are excellent points and the activities are very much needed. Yes, some of us have been talking about this subject for a long time. :) It's nice to see the momentum continue to build. The work on some of the things you're discussing here has already been in progress for a couple months. I would again encourage anyone interested in working on documentation related issues to subscribe to freebsd-doc. > If > I can add something to this it is total agreement. I am still something > of a newbie myself, and have at times been reticent to ask questions > for just the reasons that you point out. Can you please describe in as much detail as you feel comfortable with exactly *why* you don't feel comfortable asking questions? Perhaps on a different thread. This is a key area of the FreeBSD project and since I'm at a loss to understand why someone wouldn't feel comfy asking questions on the -questions list, I need help understanding. :) > > To some people, a democracy means that the strong and numerous screw the > > small and timid. I don't think that's the kind you meant :-) > > Only in the US ;-) I would hope that the Australian experience with > democracy differs from ours. If I were to be president or prime > minister, that kind of thing would end in a heartbeat. If I have my > say it won't happen here either. Errrr... I think we'll get a lot farther if we don't assume negatives and cast aspersions from the start. :) Rather than dragging politics and nationalism into the debate, let's focus on how we can serve our community best. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud operator, designer and maintainer of the world's largest *** Internet Relay Chat server. 5,328 clients and still growing. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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