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From: Todd C Miller <millert@courtesan.com>
Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.advocacy
Subject: Re: RFD: comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce and comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc
Date: 22 Dec 1996 10:53:53 -0700
Organization: Courtesan Consulting
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Reply-To: millert@courtesan.com (Todd C Miller)
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From the keyboard of jgoerzen@complete.org (John Goerzen):
> Well, all I can say on this is that awhile back, when I posted to one of the
> OpenBSD mailing lists (as I was in the process of choosing a Unix OS to
> install on a computer), I received nothing but insults from Deraadt. Theo
> also couldn't seem to keep from bashing NetBSD and FreeBSD at every
> opportunity, and later spammed me in e-mail. I am all for spreading the
> word about open Unices such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, and Linux, and
> think that this would be a good way to do it. But I think that you have the
> wrong person listed as moderator.
>
> I think that the creation of an OpenBSD group with him as moderator would
> harm OpenBSD and the image of free Unices in general, rather than help it.
I'm sorry to hear that. I have no wish for the comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.*
groups to become a flame-fest. I don't think that will be the case
as the current mailing lists are pretty civilized.
I suppose it may be unclear from the RFD but I will be the principal
moderator for comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.announce. Theo is the backup
mod. for when I'm on vacation, sick, or otherwise incapacitated.
- todd
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Todd C. Miller Sysadmin/Consultant Todd.Miller@courtesan.com