From: b...@pixar.com (Bruce Perens) Subject: Upcoming BYTE Article on Linux Date: 1997/02/07 Message-ID: < pgpmoose.199702070202.14211@liw.clinet.fi>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 214966482 x-original-date: Tue, 4 Feb 97 16:17 PST x-server-date: 7 Feb 1997 00:02:40 GMT followup-to: comp.os.linux.misc organization: ? x-auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.os.linux.announce reply-to: Bruce Perens < b...@pixar.com> newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- [ Moderator's note: I agree with Bruce. Ye shall not flame. --liw ] BYTE Magazine will carry an article on Linux in its March issue. It's VERY IMPORTANT that the Linux community _not_ react to any inaccuracies in this article in the immature and self-destructive way we reacted to Bill Machrome's editorial on Linux in PC Week some months ago. If you don't remember, many misguided souls flamed Machrome via e-mail, which left him reluctant to ever write about Linux again. This teaser in Byte's February issue advertising the next month's article shows they've already made some mistakes: > Linux in a Gray Flannel Suit > > We take an IS manager's view of what Linux can offer -- > industrial-strength applications, built-in security > features, Internet protocol support, and low hardware > requirements -- and what it doesn't: guaranteed technical > support, mature development tools, and SMP. I'm sure just this small quote will make a number of you angry. Don't flame Byte or the news groups. If you feel the need to flame, flame me instead at < b...@debian.org> . I will condense your flames into a even-tempered factual response to the article and forward them to Byte. This time, I'd like us to look like adults. When we flamed Machrome, we came off looking like a bunch of kids. Let's not make the same mistake twice. Thanks Bruce Perens Debian - -- Bruce Perens K6BP B...@Pixar.com 510-215-3502 Finger b...@master.Debian.org for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBMvpwpIQRll5MupLRAQHUDQP9F+uip8X7XrUHyZZ1Oypg/0RHO6R7gnyM sTeUqvLEi+N8wA6CsmCR84zv1ekR17LZ8Me53fFUXjTB1vNTXx4N5vQtfF3iKE8T iRyLzLdQrrWvrMAiYxXd4N8Rf89p21TkAJCkuGq+L9YeBAN0altxTDEM0pW0x3hE jyFS/gjh3YI= =0046 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/liw/lars-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: linux-annou...@news.ornl.gov PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. This group is archived at http://www.iki.fi/liw/linux/cola.html