Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:18:25 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081213091825.GB39031@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <86bpvgmrma.fsf@nowhere.org> References: <20081212174607.GC36348@kokopelli.hydra> <4942B6A3.504@gmail.com> <18754.48923.616173.319215@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20081212205614.GB37185@kokopelli.hydra> <31371229120906@webmail12.yandex.ru> <87iqppdlzh.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <877i64c3zt.fsf@kobe.laptop> <20081213015514.GA47452@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <86bpvgmrma.fsf@nowhere.org>
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--hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 08:00:45AM +0000, Glyn Millington wrote: > Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> writes: >=20 >=20 > > But, we can _gently_ (it hasn't always been so gentle) teach > > newbies that the list is meant for something higher than just > > repeatedly ragging on why isn't FreeBSD more like MS or RHEL > > or whatever. >=20 > Or even "why isn't FreeBSD more like FreeBSD used to be back in the day?" >=20 > As a newcomer to FreeBSD (who will never be a programmer or serious > sysadmin) I'm grateful for the firm but fair approach taken here by most > people, for the toleration of my occasional inanities, and for helpful > answers.=20 >=20 > I'm also grateful to Chad for helping me look at again at Compiz-fusion - > I prefer fvwm myself, but CF IS gorgeous, no doubt about it, and my > eleven year old thinks its cool :-)=20 Thanks for expressing your appreciation. I don't have any interest in using Compiz Fusion in my day to day life, either, but it sure is an eye opener and fun to look at every once in a while. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth James Madison: "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." --hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklDfeEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKU6ywCeMNqRUfC5WKnrpHbG8ZjZtIlm RjIAni781jeRVKrECtrt0D81BMe8GNa4 =LD4y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --hQiwHBbRI9kgIhsi--
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