Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 17:12:56 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Jay Nelson <jdn@acp.qiv.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why? (Was: Re: FreeBSD, the follower of Linux ?) Message-ID: <19990901171256.C18814@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990901144318.047adb10@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 03:20:19PM -0600 References: <4.2.0.58.19990831184900.00a3ed40@localhost> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908312034570.1356-100000@acp.qiv.com> <4.2.0.58.19990901144318.047adb10@localhost>
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On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 03:20:19PM -0600, a little birdie told me that Brett Glass remarked > > Why not? Controversy is good. Aristotle, way back in ancient Greece, > recognized that the dialectic -- argument and discussion -- is what > leads to progress and to knowledge. Aristotle did this to forward a personal agenda and complete the burial of the Sophists. However, we stray from the necessary flameage, so for the sake of completeness, 'Your mother was a hamster...' -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ FutureSouth Communications | ISPHelp ISP Consulting "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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