From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 1 15:14:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5ECD14F71 for ; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 15:14:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA19249; Wed, 1 Sep 1999 17:12:56 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 17:12:56 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Brett Glass Cc: Jay Nelson , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why? (Was: Re: FreeBSD, the follower of Linux ?) Message-ID: <19990901171256.C18814@futuresouth.com> References: <4.2.0.58.19990831184900.00a3ed40@localhost> <4.2.0.58.19990901144318.047adb10@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19990901144318.047adb10@localhost>; from Brett Glass on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 03:20:19PM -0600 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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