Are the PR statistics graphs correct?

[Tom Rhodes]

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:26:04 -0500 (CDT)
Mark Linimon <linimon at lonesome.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Tom Rhodes wrote:
> 
> > We have a ton of really good developers who put a lot of time and
> > effort into FreeBSD.  But to those who have never worked on an
> > operating system or large software project, the PR base might
> > give them a reason to argue our abilities.  Sad, but true.
> 
> There is a 'peanut gallery' of people who think that FreeBSD is
> archaic, or has a Bad License Religion, or is run by an Evil
> Conspiracy, and any number of other equally silly things.
> 
> We can never satisfy those people: I've spent some effort down
> that line, and am currently "retired" from that role after having
> come to that conclusion :-)
> 
> But what we _can_ do is keep the spirit of openness that we
> currently have, both to keep relations good with our current user
> base, and to attract new ones that can read between the lines of
> the FUD.
> 
> Obscurity, in this case, would simply give the conspiracy-theorists
> more ammunition.  I think it would be a real mistake.  Let's keep
> the transparency we currently have on this issue.

Wonder what happened with the bugbusters.  Sorry for the short
reply.

-- 
Tom Rhodes