Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 12:34:09 +0100 From: "Root%flip@jhs.muc.de" <root@jhs.muc.de> To: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> Cc: Boris <koester@x-itec.de>, Murray Stokely <murray@osd.bsdi.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT Message-ID: <200012211134.eBLBY9H07488@jhs.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Message from Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> of "Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:45:21 EST." <5.0.0.25.0.20001220192150.01f42450@mail.etinc.com>
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Dennis wrote: > At 07:58 PM 12/19/2000, Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de wrote: > >Dennis wrote to Boris et all: > > > > > > >Device Drivers > > > >-------------- > > > >I donīt like binary only device drivers. The code of an operating > > > >system is more complex than a driver. if a company does not want to > > > >publish the sourcecode, the should go away. > > > > > > You've lost all credibility here. Well supported device drivers should no > t > > > require source. I'd prefer a commercial (preferably the manufacters) > > > support other than some guy in the ural mountains who fixes things IF he > > > can get a card with a problem and IF he can duplicate the problem and IF > > > hes a good enough coder to get it done. > > > > > "hacker mentality" is not mainstream. 98% of people dont have a clue what > > > >`Mainstream' is a target some seek to avoid. Micro$oft exemplifies > >mainstream. > > Your "mentality" has caused you to alienate yourselves from the rest of the > world, which serves your ego but not the FreeBSD community. Acts such as:: > > 1) refusing to fix the kernel Make to work properly with binary modules Dennis, Your headers are wrong, You wrote: To: "Julian Stacey Jhs@jhs.muc.de" <jhs@jhs.muc.de> Cc: Boris <koester@x-itec.de>, Murray Stokely <murray@osd.bsdi.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <5.0.0.25.0.20001220192150.01f42450@mail.etinc.com> I Julian, the addressee, Did Not refuse ... etc, or all the rest, So please fix your headers, or use "You `Persons name`". Re. a post of yours about a day before, to someone else, not me: When criticising a person's ideas or actions, adding personal perjoratives (IE calling names) can detract as well from critic, as from target. Julian - Julian Stacey Unix Consultant - Munich Germany http://bim.bsn.com/~jhs/ Considering Linux ? Try FreeBSD with its 4200 packages ! Ihr Rauchen => mein allergischer Kopfschmerz ! Kau/Schnupftabak probieren ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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