On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 02:53:56PM -0500, Dennis wrote:
> At 02:35 PM 10/27/98 -0500, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> >> 
> >> Clearly your words indicate that you are not interested in having a widely 
> >> popular OS, which certainly is a major criteria for a vendor.
> >
> >Now, that's kind of obnoxious.  I mean, "clearly your words indicate that you
> >are not interested in having widely popluar hardware, which certainly is a
> >major criterion for an operating system project trying to come to an
> >understanding of some type with you, a hardware vendor."
> 
> his words were "if you dont buy into our philosophy we dont want you", which
> seems pretty clear to me. We are not *just* a hardware vendor, so that
> is accurate. Selling hardware at almost no profit is only profitable if you
> are selling many thousands of units a month (ie adaptec, intel, dec, etc)
> which we will not be doing nor do we want to do.

I can't remember who the "he" for "his words" was (Greg Woods?) but he does
*not* speak for the NetBSD Project.

NetBSD is a project with a well-defined organization, goals, and management.
If you want "our" philosophy, ask "our" management -- core@netbsd.org.
Nobody else speaks for the NetBSD Project or The NetBSD Foundation.  I don't
think it's fair to assume that the project or NetBSD users in general don't
want your product on the basis of an argument you've had with one particular
user.

-- 
Thor Lancelot Simon	                                      tls@rek.tjls.com
	"And where do all these highways go, now that we are free?"