From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 3979 invoked by alias); 31 Jul 2007 03:51:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 3970 invoked by uid 22791); 31 Jul 2007 03:51:06 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp107.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com (HELO smtp107.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com) (68.142.200.255) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with SMTP; Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:51:03 +0000 Received: (qmail 50545 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2007 03:51:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.100?) (wenbo.yang@simplnano.com@211.101.21.42 with plain) by smtp107.biz.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 31 Jul 2007 03:51:00 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: 0enGTekVM1kr2rB0DGXre7WiC_MVzBhlH2zKk0EZjRG5DQqRTUdwEpZXxEnb3hpyc2CQBi4v7bd2NAA7L0FETKBReQ-- Message-ID: <46AEB192.3000809@simplnano.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:59:00 -0000 From: Wenbo Yang User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070625) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jim Blandy CC: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Posting from work/university addresses References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-07/txt/msg00218.txt.bz2 Jim Blandy wrote: > I've noticed a number of posters to the GDB lists recently who I'd > guess were professionals working on real-world stuff, but coming from > gmail/yahoo/hotmail accounts instead of work or university addresses. >>>From various other cues I'd guess they were from countries with > growing technology industries, like China, India, or Russia. > I'm curious --- is there some reason people avoid posting to the GDB > mailing lists from their work/uni addresses? That partly because most universities in China do not provide their students free school email service. Teachers is OK, but students must pay for their school email account. That is also why Chinese students applying for abroad Universities always leave gmail/hotmail as their contact email. > I certainly hope that people feel comfortable posting to the GDB > lists, and expect their posts to get the same attention anyone else's > would, regardless of where they live or who they work for. One of the > things I've always enjoyed about working on Free software is the way > competent people appear from all over to work on a project that is > worthwhile to them. And open source has historically been a place > where people can count on being judged by their ability, and not where > they live. If that's not true, we're in trouble. I agree with that. > My company specifically encourages its employees to post under their > work addresses, as a way to raise the company's profile and to show > off its participation in the public projects. > > As I say, I'm only asking this out of curiousity. I'm happy to see > people contributing to GDB in whatever way they like best. :-) Regards, Wenbo -- Wenbo Yang The State Key Lab. of Information Security Graduate School of CAS, 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, China Homepage: http://solrex.cn SimpLight Nanoelectronics Ltd. 6 Zhichun Road, 10th Floor, Beijing, China Phone: +86-10-5126-6989 --- Email: wenbo.yang@simplnano.com