[GEM Development] Slashdotted and comments

Thomas Clayton topcatdrc at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 2 15:21:32 PDT 2005


Any *non*-Aussie understnd what their saying?
;-)

Tom Clayton


--- Peter Green <pspete1 at pnc.com.au> wrote:

> Still around, Chris, still alive...
> 
> I hear from our Melbourne people that it has been
> somewhat brisk down 
> there lately. We've been having rather pleasant
> weather for August -- 
> about 18 or 19 deg today, and 17 as I write (9:30 pm
> AEST).
> 
> Will be doing the Great Ocean Road trip again at the
> end of the month, 
> this time from Adelaide back to Melbourne. We have
> the relos here since 
> this morning:
>  From Sidcup: Daughter-in-law and new granddaughter
> (born March)
>  From Kirkby-in-Ashfield: Daughter-in-law's parents.
> Our son (also from Sidcup) is due here in a
> fortnight, after performing 
> in Salzburg.
> Having heard our favourable reports from last year,
> they were keen to do 
> the trip while in Oz.
> 
> Keep the woolly socks (not the Woolies socks) on!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter
> 
> Dostal, Chris E. wrote:
> 
> >Agreed there..
> > 
> >I guess with many of the "replies" on that site,
> you have people coming at the discussion from
> various angles. Some reply for the sake of replying,
> some automatically congratulate and some choose to
> automatically negate anything.
> > 
> >"This makes it to news - must be a slow news day" -
> wonder how many hours he's put in to a project to
> have that said about it, and him? .. people do far
> less and get far more coverage on seemingly
> irrelivant subjects.
> > 
> >Although I'm not what you'd call an active member
> of FreeDOS and Open/FreeGEM.. I watch with interest,
> and smile whenever we see a little article in a
> magazine, or a comment on a forum..  I'm also the
> first to jump up if someone ridicules another for
> putting effort into something..
> > 
> >It's a great OS, a great project - and there's
> certainly great members of it all here..
> > 
> >Chris.
> > 
> >PS: Hope it's a bit warmer up your way Peter Green
> (if ya still floating around on this list) - it's
> sure as cold here!! arrrgh
> >
> >________________________________
> >
> >From: gem-dev-bounces at simpits.org on behalf of
> Night Hawk
> >Sent: Sat 30/07/2005 8:51 AM
> >To: gem-dev at simpits.org
> >Subject: RE: [GEM Development] OpenGEM got
> slashdotted
> >
> >
> >
> >Shane,
> >  Don't worry about your ego. Quite the reverse.
> The fact that you were
> >"slashdotted" is a *good* thing.  OpenGEM is truly
> great software.  It is
> >not bloated like a certain OS from Microsoft. 
> OpenGEM *works* and works
> >well.
> >  I have been using computers for over 25 years and
> have used almost every
> >GUI/OS there is to use. And I can tell you that
> OpenGEM is by far better
> >than most of the commerical OS'es.
> >  So keep up the good work. Long live OpenGEM!  And
> you get a free Beer,
> >Irish Beer at that.
> >
> >
> >Todd
> >The Night Hawk
> >
> >
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