cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes

Vasil Dimov vd at FreeBSD.org
Tue May 15 15:34:53 UTC 2007


On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 08:56:26 -0600, Scott Long wrote:
>  M. Warner Losh wrote:
> > In message: <46494F05.1020701 at root.org>
> >             Nate Lawson <nate at root.org> writes:
> > : Vasil Dimov wrote:
> > : > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 10:32:09 +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > : >> On Sunday, 13 May 2007 at 10:07:23 +0300, Vasil Dimov wrote:
> > : >>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:30:13 +0000, Greg Lehey wrote:
> > : >>>> grog        2006-02-16 09:30:13 UTC
> > : >>>>
> > : >>>>   FreeBSD src repository
> > : >>>>
> > : >>>>   Modified files:
> > : >>>>     games/fortune/datfiles fortunes
> > : >>>>   Log:
> > : >>>>   Wisdom about the Open Source ecosystem.
> > : >>>>
> > : >>>>   Submitted by: M?rten Mickos
> > : >>>>
> > : >>>>   Revision  Changes    Path
> > : >>>>   1.208     +5 -0      src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
> > : >>> +Attempting to stop MySQL by buying companies around it is like 
> > trying
> > : >>> +to kill a dolphin by drinking the ocean.
> > : >>> +
> > : >>> +                -- M?rten Mickos
> > : >>>
> > : >>> Well... I think that this is no longer actual and a bit misleading.
> > : >>> Oracle is actively hiring developers to do InnoDB development, which 
> > all
> > : >>> you know is part of MySQL. I wouldn't call this "attempting to stop".
> > : >> I think you're missing the point.  As others have said, it's a
> > : >> quotation, not a statement of truth.
> > : > : > Ok. As a InnoDB developer myself I felt a little bit offended by 
> > this
> > : > quote, but I am not going to argue with you or to insist on removing 
> > it.
> > : > : >> On a more philosophical note, is the fact that Oracle is hiring 
> > new
> > : >> InnoDB developers maybe a confirmation of M?rten's observation?
> > : > : > Hmmz, I cannot see how this could be.
> > : > : >>> Vasil Dimov
> > : >>> moc.elcaro at vomid.lisav        Software Developer @ Oracle/Innobase Oy
> > : >> Ah!
> > : > : > Indeed :-)
> > : > : : OH IT MUST BE A DAY WHOSE NAME ENDS IN Y.  WHY ELSE WOULD IT BE 
> > TIME FOR
> > : A DISCUSSION ABOUT FORTUNE(6)?
> > It could be because we're in a month that has at least one vowel in
> > it.  You can't discount that possibility.
> > Then there's the old standbys:
> > Hitler
> > This file is too liberal
> > This file is too conservative
> > This file is too gay
> > This file is too straight
> > This file is offensive to Albanian Ground Squirrels
> > did I mention Hitler?
> > Warner
> 
>  I work for Albanian ground squirrels, and I'm getting a kick out of these 
>  replies.
> 
>  /obscure?

Ok, ok. You are all so witty and I am now putting ashes on my head for
raising this subject... :-)

-- 
Vasil Dimov
moc.elcaro at vomid.lisav        Software Developer @ Oracle/Innobase Oy
gro.DSBeerF at dv                Committer @ FreeBSD.org
gro.d5v at dv                    Home @ Sofia, Bulgaria
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