We often see statements about how *BSD-positive comments are routinely moderated down, but it's funny, they usually are moderated UP, especially if they aren't just taunts.
It's clear to me that Slashdot covers BSD a great deal and for the most part this coverage is warmly greeted by the community here. The Open Source community continues to prove that it's very Open.
1999-10-01 18:28:20 FreeBSDCon '99 Program verview (articles,bsd) (rejected) 1999-10-04 15:45:09 FreeBSDCon '99 Schedule of events (articles,bsd) (rejected) 1999-10-06 21:20:58 FreeBSDCon '99 Schedule of Events (articles,bsd) (rejected)
And these are just mine. At least 5 other people have submitted this at least twice. (The FreeBSD-Advocacy mailing list archive is updated weekly.)
It's clear to me at least that some of the/. reviewers would just as soon ignore BSD stories if they aren't Linux related. Quite surprising in light of a certain future/. Section.
Here it is though, since it'll apparantly never make it on the main page:
The FreeBSDCon '99 (Oct 17th - 23rd) website [freebsdcon.com] now has a complete Schedule of Events [freebsdcon.com]. The two "FreeBSD Internals" tutorials by Kirk McKusick are sold out, but it looks like it's not too late to register for the conference itself.
Re:Slashdot support of BSD - Questionable (Score:2)
It's clear to me that Slashdot covers BSD a great deal and for the most part this coverage is warmly greeted by the community here. The Open Source community continues to prove that it's very Open.
1999-10-01 18:28:20 FreeBSDCon '99 Program verview (articles,bsd) (rejected)
1999-10-04 15:45:09 FreeBSDCon '99 Schedule of events (articles,bsd) (rejected)
1999-10-06 21:20:58 FreeBSDCon '99 Schedule of Events (articles,bsd) (rejected)
And these are just mine. At least 5 other people have submitted this at least twice. (The FreeBSD-Advocacy mailing list archive is updated weekly.)
It's clear to me at least that some of the
Here it is though, since it'll apparantly never make it on the main page:
The FreeBSDCon '99 (Oct 17th - 23rd) website [freebsdcon.com] now has a complete Schedule of Events [freebsdcon.com]. The two "FreeBSD Internals" tutorials by Kirk McKusick are sold out, but it looks like it's not too late to register for the conference itself.