Re: Interfax

2015-11-09 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Cannon <orthomen...@gmail.com> writes: > First time I've seen it and first impression was that it was > */D-t/**/rap/* a la Abe Maslow. Then senders looked OK, but there was > no attachment. Mailman is set up to strip binary attachments. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgra

Re: Concerning our new Code of Conduct...

2015-07-16 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
% majority? I shall immediately cease all public contributions to the FreeBSD project, including but not limited to /r/theredpill is --- thataway. Don't let the door hit you on the way out. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd

Re: Did someone compare the number of ports with packages in Linux distros?

2013-03-18 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Dag-Erling Smørgrav d...@des.no writes: You can get a meaningful comparison by counting distfiles on our side and SRPMs / DSCs on the Linux side. I asked a coworker who's a Debian developer; he says Debian has ~30k packages from ~20k distinct sources, which is in the same ballpark as the ports

Re: Did someone compare the number of ports with packages in Linux distros?

2013-03-18 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
experimenting with the new 386 processors vs. a group that was there when Unix was originally invented. Neither characterization is correct. (BTW, I'm a guy from Scandinavia, and so is one of the founders of the FreeBSD project) DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no

Re: Request for comments on a keycap (keyboard key) logo

2012-12-21 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
keyboards - I use Logitech UltraX keyboards, which have laptop keys - so I probably won't be able to use the caps... DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: Request for advice

2012-06-07 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
of overlap with FreeBSD and other Unices. The exam itself costs $173 at any Pearson VUE location. The BSDA exam costs $75 and is usually given at F/OSS conferences and user group meetings. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy

Re: Wildebeest Licensing

2012-04-30 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
performing an appendectomy on my sister, so I'm sure she'll be all right. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: Future of comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce Newsgroup

2009-12-04 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
for -announce. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: leveraging FOSS, especially FreeBSD

2009-09-28 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
forthcoming than usual. I neither know nor care whether that statement is true, but it's not a particularly nice thing to say about anyone. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: leveraging FOSS, especially FreeBSD

2009-09-28 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
on open source licensing. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD (How vague can I get? ;) )

2009-09-25 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
. VISA != MasterCard DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org

Re: why no Oracle on FreeBSD ?

2009-09-25 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Saifi Khan saifi.k...@datasynergy.org writes: The response seems to suggest [...] ...nothing except that whoever wrote it has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD (How vague can I get? ;) )

2009-09-25 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Allen gedankezaube...@comcast.net writes: Dag-Erling Smørgrav d...@des.no wrote: Allen gedankezaube...@comcast.net writes: You can't get sued for it ;) The US has a law here that states a parody of something isn't a rip off. There is no such law, only legal practice, and the US is only

Re: EuroBSDCon 2009 pictures

2009-09-23 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Saifi Khan saifi.k...@datasynergy.org writes: Wondering if there is any group photo of FreeBSD dev [...] You'd have to get all 350 of us in the same place at the same time... DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org

Re: FreeBSD (How vague can I get? ;) )

2009-09-23 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
, and something something 300 dollars, getting to do this; Priceless! iirc, that sounds like the Standard chartered credit card ad, here in India. It's a series of MasterCard ads. Some things in life are free. For everything else, there's MasterCard. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no

Re: freebsd-advocacy Digest, Vol 284, Issue 1

2009-06-18 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
james r relyea jrre...@juno.com writes: i do not understand how this message relates to freebsd. You should know better than to reply to spam. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - d...@des.no ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: FreeBSD birthday date

2008-11-17 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
the first version in 1976. John Lasseter first drew what we currently know as Beastie for a book cover in 1984; he drew a second version for the 4.3BSD book in 1988 and a third for the 4.4BSD book in 1994. The 1988 version is the most widely used today. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Lack of Flash support is no longer acceptable. Bounty established...

2008-07-04 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
. That, or Sun paid them to port it. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer

2008-02-04 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
a lot of money by convincing the market, or even just a small part of it, that their speculation is factual rather than pulled out of thin air. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Microsoft-Yahoo-Offer

2008-02-04 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
. DES (neither a member of nor speaking for core@) -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Current Gentoo user

2007-12-13 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
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Re: Libre Software Meeting in Amiens, France, 10-14 July

2007-05-13 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
, I'm fairly certain I read his message correctly. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Libre Software Meeting in Amiens, France, 10-14 July

2007-05-12 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
what he wrote was a direct reply to the OP, accidentally sent to the list... DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any

Re: The sorry state of open source today

2007-04-18 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
comes down squarely against them. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: allBSD's Stop the Blob Campaign

2007-03-17 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
mascot for all BSD derivatives. The FreeBSD logo is here: URL:http://www.freebsd.org/logo.html DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy

Re: allBSD's Stop the Blob Campaign

2007-03-17 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Jan Husar [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dag-Erling Smørgrav [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK. That's a clear trademark violation. I expect AllBSD will be hearing from the FreeBSD Foundation's lawyers... What this suppose to mean? Allbsd is doing a pretty awesome job! No matter how good a job

Re: allBSD's Stop the Blob Campaign

2007-03-17 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Jona Joachim [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dag-Erling Smørgrav [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: OK. That's a clear trademark violation. I expect AllBSD will be hearing from the FreeBSD Foundation's lawyers... Does this mean that the FreeBSD Project leaders didn't know that our logo was used

Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall

2007-03-14 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Nikolas Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From the choices available Ubuntu is the only one developed and maintained by individuals with no commercial backing. Ubuntu is developed and maintained by Canonical Ltd. (see http://www.canonical.com/projects/ubuntu). DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav

Re: Fwd: Dell is asking what free OS to preinstall

2007-03-14 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Nikolas Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dag-Erling Smørgrav [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nikolas Britton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From the choices available Ubuntu is the only one developed and maintained by individuals with no commercial backing. Ubuntu is developed and maintained

Re: Vision impaired software on FreeBSD?

2007-01-25 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
and is rumored to work well with screen readers. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CDROM-Artwork (5-b)

2006-10-13 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
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Re: Bind within src-contrib

2005-10-13 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
. BIND has been a part of BSD since its inception (the B in BIND and BSD both stand for Berkeley), and parts of it are essential to the system. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: FreeBSD's Visual Identity: Outdated?

2005-07-02 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: Responding to Chris: CSS is neither outdated nor a Windows thing. You apparently need to get an extra clue or two before you rejoin this discussion. Not really - Some years back MS made a big issue about CSS. It was then that I

Re: Explaining FreeBSD features

2005-06-23 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
:) DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]