From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 22:56:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B3B0C1065678 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f170.google.com (mail-gx0-f170.google.com [209.85.217.170]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6499C8FC12 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nealhogan@gmail.com) Received: by gxk18 with SMTP id 18so1842357gxk.19 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 15:56:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=p5caXGaHBJqV7gNDjeZokVjBfh0UPyJ8mbUiytVAaCM=; b=XZFIXrTF5YGWkNOMaZGE0EpWD61TDtWQa2TdLZcOnB5wvU4pNgPRmk6RAVsvOHBOLp gB4ZX9pgV/KjLjJVKBXmTJnMhnLR9A59NUBORbWvLjIZWYZlKkAn95rzQ2EmvewpzD52 7bMLX9zfHHa0zFDs7NImTByxpsY++W463tFJU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=EY2YiGqtpHq1YE1/qQAZIh2m1KZThOv/8mmNqhAR++d1mSkZB3/bqdRUDpMOCiXlrq JylX58OBJCCkWJhaei7xBPS5D2330GY3eLFmVtVKOquGlDHxXSpSD8M6wyDxGZ7ZLBWC /m8yCDZBn8a3QQb3Vkx9u8wxGfvZlrukf8aWE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.150.203.4 with SMTP id a4mr1137213ybg.283.1243464972230; Wed, 27 May 2009 15:56:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <6C96EEF057EDE24197FECB0D1EA035044A8F6EB461@h1341255.aoemedia.de> <744a9119476160472a319bbc9f4fd799.squirrel@relay.lc-words.com> <065001c9def1$54ae3f40$fe0abdc0$@za.org> <20090527221211.GB55127@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:56:12 -0500 Message-ID: From: Neal Hogan To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sponsoring FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 22:56:14 -0000 On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >>> >>> Well, that certainly doesn't follow. >> >> Actually, that one does. > > Don't bother, he just answered that after reading "wojciech puchar" in ma= il > header, so he had to be against. No! Unless you think that fBSd is the only functional/reliable OS. If so, good luck making that argument. Wojciech, I, like many others who have responded on this thread, appreciate much of the help that you provide on this list. You seem to fail (for whatever reason) to understand that your opinionated comments may need to be better thought out. If you were the "monitor" of your utopian mailing list, what would you have done with your response to the OP? > >> If you use FreeBSD because of the OS functionality/reliability, etc >> then trashy noise on the questions list wouldn't make a difference >> in your choice. > > i can give myself as an example. Even no forum at all won't make me chang= e > it. > > But i want high quality forum, because i like new users who want to learn > "true good unix" to not be stucked up by some simple problem with that OS= , > that by accident isn't described well in handbook or manual. > > That's for what forum should be, and why it should be moderated, and post= ing > rules clearly defined for all users. > > It will be then FreeBSD forum after all, not > everything-about-something-more-or-less-remotely-connected-with-unix. > >> =A0If you stop using it because you don't like the >> noise, then functionality is not your high priority. =A0 =A0Maybe saying >> 'at all' is over the top. > > maybe not at all, but at least it means that such user don't see a > functionality difference between FreeBSD and some other system, so he can > choose because of forum "quality", personal taste, what name sounds bette= r > and what logo looks nicer. > --=20 www.nealhogan.net www.lambdaserver.com