On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Karl Ferguson wrote: > At 07:03 PM 25/02/97 PST, Bruce Perens wrote: > >It was OK for us to participate as "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" in the RSA Data > >Security Challenge as long as we didn't have any chance of beating > >the "Linux" group. It looks as if we do have a chance. It would be real > >embarassing to beat them. So please, if you are participating, change your > >reporting address to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" NOW. I have asked the > >statistics-keepers to add the figure for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to that for > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > Why is it such a bad thing to beat the Linux group? The whole idea is to > increase the awareness of Debian Linux - when people see we're in the > number 2 slot or even number 1, we'll have good publicity. > > I cannot see anything wrong with running under Debian - from a business > point of view, if people don't hear of us and our popularity then we won't > be open to such things and donations of powerful workstations and ports > etc. This is a *bad* idea IMO.
Yes. So far the only thing that Bruce accomplished with his uncoordinated action is that numerous hosts dropped entirely out of the key-search. Mike Michael Neuffer i-Connect.Net, a Division of iConnect Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home of the Debian Master Server. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14355 SW Allen Blvd., Suite 140 503.641.8774 Beaverton, OR 97005 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
