David Maxwell <david@fundy.ca> writes:

> On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 11:51:25PM -0700, Miles Nordin wrote:
> > On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, David Maxwell wrote:
> > 
> > > Not 'write' no, but approve the use of their name.
> > hah!  seriously?
> > 
> > http://www.aolsucks.org?  We are not a bunch of jellowbellied barbecuing
> > firework-saluting cop-fearing whimps.  Are we?  Please tell me, No!
> >
> > If there is seriously some part of free speech that prevents us from Using
> > The Name of a Tiny Insignificant Corporatin In Vain, please elucidate me.
> > Otherwise, let's toss this first point out.
> 
> No, but if we do this without discussing it with them, then we're a
> bunch of assholes.

How, pray tell, does saying `Company Foo is shipping NetBSD on Product
Bar' make us `assholes'??  That's utterly ludicrous.

It strikes me that people are treating such an a statement as somehow
unwantedly `tainting' the company.  It's amazingly similar to the
stigma around `outing' someone as gay or bi...

NetBSD: We have no pride.