Bryan Cantrill
2007-Jan-10 16:23 UTC
[osol-discuss] [zfs-discuss] Best. Solaris Tees. Ever.
On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 11:48:47AM -1000, David J. Orman wrote:> I''m not quite sure I understand the posting of advertisements for t-shirts for sale by a private company to discussion lists. I don''t see how this is anything more than an advertisement for $25 dollar t-shirts.For those of us who have been with Solaris in its darkest hours -- and there are many of us -- this is much more than a $25 T-shirt: it''s an affirmation that we have built the kind of fervor for Solaris that we haven''t seen since SunOS 4.x (if ever). The point was not that you should buy the shirt, but rather that we as an operating system have arrived at a point that seemed impossible four years ago.> That being said, I somehow don''t think "FSCK You" is going to go over well (just about anywhere), nor am I sure this is quite the advertisement we as the OSOL community would want for ZFS. Maybe I''m just a prude. The other shirt is ok, but any joke that needs explaining generally isn''t that funny. To each their own I suppose, but I am -1 on the first tshirt, and -1 on advertising things for sale on a discussion list for OSOL.Sorry if my mail was confusing: I sent this for your information -- not your approval... - Bryan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryan Cantrill, Solaris Kernel Development. http://blogs.sun.com/bmc _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
David J. Orman
2007-Jan-10 16:23 UTC
[osol-discuss] [zfs-discuss] Best. Solaris Tees. Ever.
I''m not quite sure I understand the posting of advertisements for t-shirts for sale by a private company to discussion lists. I don''t see how this is anything more than an advertisement for $25 dollar t-shirts. That being said, I somehow don''t think "FSCK You" is going to go over well (just about anywhere), nor am I sure this is quite the advertisement we as the OSOL community would want for ZFS. Maybe I''m just a prude. The other shirt is ok, but any joke that needs explaining generally isn''t that funny. To each their own I suppose, but I am -1 on the first tshirt, and -1 on advertising things for sale on a discussion list for OSOL. But hey, maybe people want to shell out $25 to have a l33t-sp3@k-converted vulgar phrase that is far too over-used by the 14 y/o i''m-better-than-everyone-because-i-use-linux crowd (really, I think I''ve seen that spouted at least a thousand times in various ways on FreeNode) proudly displayed on their chest telling the world how wonderful ZFS is. Why not just put a picture of your middle finger raised with "Use OpenSolaris" printed below it? That would have the same meaning, and people won''t think you made a typo. My apologies if I offend, David _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
UNIX admin
2007-Jan-10 16:23 UTC
[osol-discuss] Re: [zfs-discuss] Best. Solaris Tees. Ever.
> Why not just put a picture of your > middle finger raised with "Use OpenSolaris" printed > below it? That would have the same meaning, and > people won''t think you made a typo.Because Ben Rockwood came up with a much cooler slogan than that: use UNIX or die. (Ben, you rock.) This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
UNIX admin
2007-Jan-10 16:23 UTC
[osol-discuss] Re: Re: [zfs-discuss] Best. Solaris Tees. Ever.
> That''s a variant on the old DEC number plate: > > > live free or die > > U N I XThat''ll work too. I don''t know how I ever did without UNIX. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Ché Kristo
2007-Jan-10 16:23 UTC
[osol-discuss] Re: [zfs-discuss] Best. Solaris Tees. Ever.
Sorry about the duplications everyone...there were some java exceptions when i was submitting these and i didn''t think they were posting :| This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Casper.Dik@sun.com
2007-Jan-10 16:23 UTC
[osol-discuss] Re: [zfs-discuss] Best. Solaris Tees. Ever.
>> Why not just put a picture of your >> middle finger raised with "Use OpenSolaris" printed >> below it? That would have the same meaning, and >> people won''t think you made a typo. > >Because Ben Rockwood came up with a much cooler slogan than that: > >use UNIX or die. > >(Ben, you rock.)That''s a variant on the old DEC number plate: live free or die U N I X Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
David J. Orman
2007-Jan-10 16:23 UTC
[osol-discuss] Re: [zfs-discuss] Best. Solaris Tees. Ever.
This one works for me too. Much cooler and non-offensive/vulgar (yet still capable of stirring up emotions in people who are forced into the drudgery known as windows administration..) David ----- Original Message ----- From: UNIX admin <tripivceta@hotmail.com> Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2006 9:57 am Subject: [osol-discuss] Re: [zfs-discuss] Best. Solaris Tees. Ever.> > Why not just put a picture of your > > middle finger raised with "Use OpenSolaris" printed > > below it? That would have the same meaning, and > > people won''t think you made a typo. > > Because Ben Rockwood came up with a much cooler slogan than that: > > use UNIX or die. > > (Ben, you rock.) > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org >_______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org