Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] FORK: The Time Is Now

[Joseph Hardin]

Heh, one of these days I'm gonna come up to albuqrque and buy you a 
pizza or something as thanks. I'm up there decently often(I live in 
alamogordo).

On Wednesday, Jun 25, 2003, at 22:02 America/Denver, Daniel Robbins 
wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 06:08:55PM -0700, Zach Welch wrote:
>> Fellow Gentooers,
>>
>> I am proud to announce that The Zynot Foundation was registered today
>> as a 501.c.3 member controlled, non-profit organization in the state
>> of
>> Oregon.  This new entity is being established to hold a fork of the
>> Gentoo Linux distribution.
>
> Zach, I wish you and your team the best.
>
> I will not make any attempt to correct your account of events, even
> though
> they contain numerous gross exagerations, innaccuracies, massive
> "spin," and
> false insinuations that I am ripping people off, just in my initial
> scan of
> what you wrote. Littered with lies, and slanderous, certainly.
>
> Your write-up is like a "based on real events" TV movie, where there
> are
> *just* enough facts to make the story believable to those who don't
> know any
> better.
>
> I will not "retaliate" by writing up a startling expose of any supposed
> wrongdoings on your part. Because, frankly, life is too short for this
> kind
> of stuff. I don't want to waste it by launching personal attacks on
> people.
>
> I could easily "win" the argument by explaining in detail what really
> happened, sharing the real facts, details, situations, conversations
> and
> intentions, proving lies to be fabrications, assertions to be stories,
> and
> your supposed critical analysis to be fueled solely by irrational
> anger.
> But somehow I think that I'd end up "losing" by adopting your tactics.
>
> As always, if any developer has questions about *anything* related to
> Gentoo, including how money is spent, please feel free to ask me. Those
> who have asked know that I answer all questions fully, and do my best
> to
> help developers out with any needs they may have when I am aware of
> them.
>
> Anyone who suspects that I am rich can come visit my home in
> Albuquerque and
> form their own opinions. You can even take pictures and post them on
> the
> Internet, as long as you take pictures of my daughter (soon to be
> daughter*s*) too :)
>
> As for the debate, what's to debate? I congratulate you on your new
> open
> source project and wish you the best.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> --
> Daniel Robbins
> Chief Architect, Gentoo Linux
> http://www.gentoo.org
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