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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA7841 ; Tue, 26 Jan 93 20:00:19 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!biosci!agate!soda.berkeley.edu!wjolitz From: wjolitz@soda.berkeley.edu (William F. Jolitz) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: 386BSD USENIX BOF Message-ID: <1k1fu6$9as@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 25 Jan 93 19:44:06 GMT Organization: U.C. Berkeley, CS Undergraduate Association Lines: 45 NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu A MEMO TO 386BSD USENIX ATTENDEES: Due to deadlines and other work commitments, Bill and I will be unable to attend the 386BSD BOF Tuesday evening at USENIX in San Diego, CA. USA. We hope to meet with 386BSD users and hear about what you want from 386BSD -- possibly even at our own 386BSD conference -- later in the year. Instead, Chris Demetriou will be leading the 386BSD BOF. Chris has been an enormous help to 386BSD users, and has himself put out new work to be incorporated into 386BSD. We hope you will attend this BOF and support him and each other in discussing new 386BSD work. If there are any additional questions, feel free to contact us. If people have questions about 386BSD directions or policy, have them contact us via the usual channels and we will deal with them. We always welcome courteous and thoughtful discussion on any 386BSD-related issues. For those 386BSD users who attend this USENIX and other conferences, I have this small piece of advice -- be proud of who you are and what you have done. Most users of 386BSD cannot afford to take the time and money to attend these conferences, so you few who went to the trouble and expense represent not just yourselves but a very large and dynamic community of users. There are hundred-of-thousands of people all over the world who are also part of 386BSD, so you are not alone. Please try to rise above petty bickering and trivial insults, and steer clear of gossip and character-assassination. There is no point to reacting negatively to envy and bitterness. Remember -- 386BSD is doing just fine, and the best response to uncouth or ill-tempered remarks is the success all of you have already made of 386BSD! There are a lot of exciting things happening with 386BSD. And this is only the beginning! But most of all -- HAVE FUN! Good Luck! Lynne Jolitz. ljolitz@cardio.ucsf.edu