Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 20:54:19 -0400 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <pfg1+@pitt.edu> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD spokesman. Message-ID: <3B450C3B.AC26688F@pitt.edu> References: <20010704203411.16408.qmail@web13605.mail.yahoo.com> <20010704142712.D2156@lpt.ens.fr> <20010704203411.16408.qmail@web13605.mail.yahoo.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010705115552.0468ce00@localhost> <3B4506A3.5E15D22C@pacbell.net>
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I only want to add another thing:
I think Greg Lehey would be a good spokesman for one reason: he has
beard, and it is well known that Opensource advocates follow bearded
leaders blindly ;).
cheers,
Pedro
W Gerald Hicks wrote:
>
> > [from some caustic irritant on -chat]
> >
> > Such advocacy is especially important right now, at a time when
> > the press is portraying Microsoft and the GPL as if they were
> > the only two alternatives. The BSDs represent one that's much
> > better than either.
> >
>
> Advocacy often seems to be overrated, especially by the loudest and most
> ineffective advocates.
>
> Similarly, it's an amazing thing how incompetent people are often
> convinced they are the most competent.
>
> Please don't CC me on any followups. Unsubscribing this madness now...
>
> Bah,
>
> W Gerald Hicks
> gehicks@pacbell.net
>
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