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