Subject: Re: How to help NetBSD help you.
To: Zafer Aydogan <zafer@gmx.org>
From: Mike M. Volokhov <mishka@apk.od.ua>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 06/17/2005 16:24:11
Hello Zafer,

let me answer to your post and avoid further discussion.

On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:36:58 +0200 (MEST)
"Zafer Aydogan" <zafer@gmx.org> wrote:

[snip]
> Hej Mishka,
> 
> I don't like any of the Banners either. 
> I think there's too much Information in it, which makes it useless.
> And what do you mean by "Well designed" , or do you mean "Clean Design" ?
> I don't like the "portable" Fact aswell. But this has been discussed a
> several times. Everybody knows that we are portable and if you mention it
> again it will push us in the typical "portable" Corner, rather than general
> purpose OS Corner. 

All that assertions was stolen from NetBSD Bylaws [1]. Well, I've
missed "secure", but my "reliable" bit relevant to "stable"+"secure".

> At but not least "it's worth your support" 
> huh ? what does that mean ? What is worth my support ? And, isn't it that I
> decide wether something is worth or not ?

Of course, you may decide on your own what's worth your support. But
you already drawn conclusion regarding "well designed, etc." phrase.
It's definitively related to NetBSD, isn't it? To what another you may
relate the "it's worth..."? Only to "well designed, etc." Thus you
indirectly relate it to NetBSD as well.

[snip]
> May we let Design and Marketing to the people who can do it.

It's better, I agree. But let me waste my free time to something which
may be useful for the NetBSD Project. Please note the Foundation doesn't
interpret my banner as official (altough I'd like to see one of them
posted from the NetBSD). If anybody would found my art reasonable,
that's good (wow, they used my code...) If somebody will dislike my
work, there is no problem.

As you already proclaimed, you're dislike my work. Thus just don't use
it and thanks for you comments.

--
Mishka.

[1] http://www.NetBSD.org/Foundation/bylaws.html