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From: Tim Erlin <tperlin@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD ? What kind of OS is that ?
To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>
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I can just imagine myself coming from windows, asking
naive questions, and joining this list in the hopes of
getting useful information. Responses like that would
have sent me on my way quickly, even if they weren't
directed at me. Instead, the quality of this and other
FreeBSD lists has kept me around. 

--Tim
 
--- Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> wrote:
> I want to second this. "asshole" (as you described
> him) is not a
> terminal condition, and flaming him is one way to
> guarantee that it
> perpetuates as long as possible, whereas the kind of
> response that he
> got is the only kind that might cure the
> "asshole"ness.
> Kudos to Joe, and anyone else who takes the time to
> give excellent
> answers to posts that look like flame-bait.
> 
> -Bill
> 
> Joe Clarke wrote:
> > 
> > Well, I'd like to make everyone's FreeBSD
> experience (or lack of
> > experience) a good one.  I've been using FreeBSD
> for 6 years now, and I
> > really believe in this project.  If we start
> flaming everyone, we'll turn
> > into another Linux users list.
> > 
> > Joe Clarke
> > 
> > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Daniel Grunblatt wrote:
> > 
> > > Is it really usefull to answer to such an
> asshole? why don't you just tell
> > > him that freebsd sucks and he must stay as far
> as he can from it?
> 
> -- 
> If a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush,
> then what can I get for two hands in the bush?
> 
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