Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 09:32:23 -0700 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com> Cc: Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did NetBSD and FreeBSD diverge? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010119092858.048f5d40@localhost> In-Reply-To: <v04220803b68dd677c22c@[10.0.1.2]> References: <Pine.NEB.4.21.0101182302040.583-100000@starwolf.com> <Pine.NEB.4.21.0101182302040.583-100000@starwolf.com>
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At 05:06 AM 1/19/2001, Brad Knowles wrote: > The ping-pong match currently in progress is in regard to certain people who have apparently been around in the FreeBSD community for quite some time, but who have personalities such that many within the community consider them to be, at best eccentric, and at worst complete and total whackos that aught to be locked up. Wrong. What has happened is that certain people in the group, obsessed with power and ego, see certain people with innovative or novel ideas as a threat. They therefore attempt to brand them as whackos, and the more conformist members of the group, and/or those who think they might have something to gain by doing so, go along and join the "pile-on." --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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