Logo idea and FreeBSD.com concept

[Devon H. O'Dell]

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 at . 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