Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 16:40:28 -0400 From: "Generic Player" <generic@unitedtamers.com> To: "Mark Ovens" <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IE for FreeBSD Petition Message-ID: <000901bfc4f7$21df1ee0$0100a8c0@x> References: <000b01bfc35d$c8c3c030$0200a8c0@bill> <20000522093603.B77130@freebie.lemis.com> <20000522204454.A2835@parish>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Ovens" <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com> Cc: "Bill A. K." <billieakay@yahoo.com>; <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 3:44 PM Subject: Re: IE for FreeBSD Petition > On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 09:36:03AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > > [Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] > > > > On Sunday, 21 May 2000 at 15:50:14 -0400, Bill A. K. wrote: > > > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 > > > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > I've had this petition up for a while, and I'm trying to get more traffic and names. I'm trying to get something to convince Microsoft to port Internet Explorer for UNIX to FreeBSD. > > > The URL for my site is http://www.iefreebsd.freeservers.com > > > If you would be interested in a small banner, etc. for your own web site, please let me know, and I'll see what I can do. > > > > I think this is a very bad idea. Look at your mail message for one > > good reason why: Microsoft software is just plain broken. You > > probably don't even realise that your message was written without line > > breaks. Isn't it much easier to read like this? > > > > Yes :) (mutt + emacs) > IE > > Does no one remember that this same poster posted the same appeal on > 5/9/99 under the thread "IE for FreeBSD" > (http://docs.freebsd.org/mail/archive/1999/freebsd-questions/19990912.freebs d-questions.html). > I've looked back through that thread and it was generally put down as > being a Bad Idea. > > I've also looked at the poster's petition site and, apart from the > post you (Greg) added today, mine seems to be the only dissenting > voice (posted at the time of the original thread). Guess only those > who are in favour take the time to contribute to petitions. > > > > > > I've had this petition up for a while, and I'm trying to get more > > > traffic and names. I'm trying to get something to convince Microsoft > > > to port Internet Explorer for UNIX to FreeBSD. The URL for my site > > > is http://www.iefreebsd.freeservers.com If you would be interested > > > in a small banner, etc. for your own web site, please let me know, > > > and I'll see what I can do. > > > > In the FreeBSD project, we're trying to get away from Microsoft, not > > come closer to it. If there were a counter-petition to ask Microsoft > > *not* to port IE, I would sign it. > > > > Greg > > -- > > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > And here I thought the "M$ sux d00d" attitude was for linuxheads posting on /. Its pretty sad if you use FreeBSD just to get away from MS, you should use it for its own merits, not because it isn't something else. Sounds like a pretty childish attitude to me. Why would it hurt to have IE for BSD? Netscape is a piece of crap, and it doesn't look like they have any intentions of fixing it. It'd be nice to have a fully functional browser for BSD, regardless of who makes it. Generic Player To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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