On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 07:01, Branden Robinson wrote: > No, in fact I'd venture to say it's unacceptable.
And I will venture to say "step the fuck off". Brainfood has, for many years and certainly at the cost of many thousands of dollars, provided services to the Debian organization. We have done so out of love for the project and have never extracted any press, profit or renumeration other than simply using the Project as part of our daily operations. Sponsors have come and gone, some out of disinterest and some as casualties of the dot-com bust, but we have remained steadfast and reliable. Now. We have seen some strange behaivior on some of our systems. We aren't even precisely sure that there has been a compromise. Right now we are in the final stages of rolling out a six-figure web site for one of our primary customers. Now, I don't know what fantasy land some businesses live in but here at Brainfood we must pay our bills with the fruits of our labors. If we do not fulfill our commercial obligations then there will be no services to donate to Debian. Our staff is currently not in a position to audit the systems in question and we cannot risk an exploit. We will complete our critical work and then we will address the situation. I cannot give you a firm time because the project we are rolling out is huge, uses new technology and takes priority over everything else we are working on. Debian-Admin has been informed. Master has redundant capability. We have taken pains to make sure critical systems such as Murphy are still able to fulfill their tasks. I think we are acting reasonably. This might be a good time to think about how many times you have ever said "thanks" to Brainfood for our years of effort and support. You know how often we hear that from anyone? Almost never. All we get is bitching and complaining, speculation about how we are some evil cabal, and formal SPAM complaints to our service providers. No one pays us, as HP pays Progeny, to help Debian. So show some tact, some empathy and maybe a shred of patience. E -- _____________________________________________________________________ Ean Schuessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brainfood, Inc. http://www.brainfood.com
