I don't think this kind of invective is appropriate for the
freebsd-hackers list. Perhaps you should confine your sentiments to
less public venues.
- Jordan
From: "Jeffrey M. Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone see todays Wall Street Journal article: Microsoft Using Free
Software (or something to that effect)
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 22:23:31 -0400
> stop being bastards. heh. i don't give a rat's ass about
> any of this. it just makes me mad/laugh that people are
> dumb enough to buy into that .net/hotmail/subscription
> based bullshit and other stuff. if you use it, i really
> don't care. in fact, M$ has been swell about helping the
> economy and all that shit...helping people get jobs. i just
> can't stand the fact that while 2K is decent, 'Me' is a
> piece of crap and they sell it to these poor stupid
> AOL/email people (hey, what the hell...i used to be one)
> and they slap the all-american M$ label on it and...ARGH!
>
> i'm not making any points here so screw it.
>
> go program something already.
>
> :)
>
> besides, a devil is much more macho than a gay little
> pastel colored window or something dumb called
> 'Me'...fucking marketing geniouses.
>
> >:\
>
> and, i have nothing against gay people either...as long as
> they're not playing loud GAY music that i can hear.
> hehehhehehhe.
>
>
> On Tuesday 19 June 2001 21:42, Jordan Hubbard wrote:
> > From: "Jeremiah Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: RE: Anyone see todays Wall Street Journal
> > article: Microsoft Using Free Software (or something to
> > that effect) Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:03:46 +1000
> >
> > > That's the BSD license for ya.
> > >
> > > There needs to be a license that says something to the
> > > effect of "Anyone can use/buy/sell/modify/distribute
> > > this software with or without source code except
> > > Microsoft."
> >
> > Why? I'd personally be happy if Microsoft software was
> > made a lot easier to use by incorporating BSD stuff.
> > Imagine, a Windows 2000 firewall that didn't suck rocks,
> > or DHCP renegotiation that didn't drop all my active
> > connections by default when my modem hung up
> > unexpectedly... It would be nice!
> >
> > The only thing people are really slamming Microsoft here
> > is being hypocritical. Actually using BSD code is an
> > action I support for any value of the licensee string. :)
> >
> > - Jordan
> >
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