On 02/10/05 12:55 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt sat at the `puter and typed: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 02/09/05 09:45 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC sat at the > > `puter and typed: > > > > Yes, but business is why Microsoft Windows (*) sucks old rocks. > > Microsoft is in business to make money, not better software. I was > > always under the impression that while the FreeBSD foundation was "in > > business" to promote FreeBSD, the chief focus of the core team has > > always been a better OS. Keeping Beastie is a statement of sorts that > > the FreeBSD team is NOT interested in business, just their work. > > > > Once upon a time, a geek could get by with their idiosyncrasies > > because they were obviously not interested in the power points that > > the businessmen and politicians wanted. They were only interested in > > their gadgetry, software, and whatever cool new technology came along. > > Now, one by one, everyone's worried about "business like" images, > > logos, and whatnot. > > > > Hi Louis, > > Yep, I was wondering how long it would take before someone figured > this one out. We know the real rea$on$ that this logo change is > being contemplated, don't we.
Thank you. I thought I was the only one . . .
> > You may be right, but I still strongly (but respectfully) disagree.
> >
>
> And I strongly disagree without any respect. Respectful disagreement
> is one of the power points that the businessmen and politicians
> want, it has never been a geek idiosyncracy.
LOL! Yeah, well, I have to admit, I'm fuming over here too.
Lou
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