From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Apr 15 21: 7:24 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 137C114DE9 for ; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:07:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by lariat.lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA04669; Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:04:33 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.2.0.32.19990415215446.0095d610@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.32 (Beta) Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:56:44 -0600 To: chris@calldei.com From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Jordan the Confused (Was: Jordan The Evil!) Cc: "Daniel O'Connor" , chat@FreeBSD.ORG, crh@outpost.co.nz In-Reply-To: <19990415221527.I3986@holly.dyndns.org> References: <4.2.0.32.19990415195943.045f9100@localhost> <4.2.0.32.19990415110155.045695d0@localhost> <4.2.0.32.19990415195943.045f9100@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 10:15 PM 4/15/99 -0500, Chris Costello wrote: > The reason for the lack of these tools was explained in the >sentence you quoted. "quote patently, FreeBSD's approach is *not* >desktop oriented," -- this seems to explain it well. No, Jordan's approach is not desktop-oriented. Which is a BIG mistake, and a decision he should not be allowed to make. Unless an OS can at least be adapted to be desktop-friendly, it will never fully enter the mainstream. --Brett Glass "You're not just e-mailing her, you're e-mailing anyone she's ever e-mailed." -- Dayton Daily News Cartoonist Mike Peters on the "Melissa virus" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message