Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:14:51 -0500 From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: dmorrisn <dmorrisn@u.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Device Drivers for Linux and Intel's annoucement Message-ID: <19981002221451.D11661@execpc.com> In-Reply-To: <36158FA2.FB67AC24@u.washington.edu>; from dmorrisn on Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 07:44:50PM -0700 References: <23307.907176696@time.cdrom.com> <4.1.19981002190913.040f3b60@mail.lariat.org> <4.1.19981002202119.040f7c30@mail.lariat.org> <36158FA2.FB67AC24@u.washington.edu>
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On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 07:44:50PM -0700, dmorrisn wrote:
> > >That is a rhetorical fallacy. (Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc -- "After
> > >this therefore because of this")
> >
> > No fallacy at all. It's been proven again and again that emulating another
> > OS that's more popular provides the ultimate disincentive to developers.
> > OS/2 is only one recent case in point.
>
> I don't see any proof that it's the "ultimate disincentive", nor have
> you given any. You continue to substitute opinion as fact, which
> I won't bother quoting below.
I won't bother with the logical correctness of your argument, I'll just say
that it bullshit and let it lay there.
--
--Frank
"At no time is the freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits
his thumb with a hammer."
--Marshall Lumsden
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