From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 26 17:52:09 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBC9010656ED for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:52:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@telenix.org) Received: from mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A45818FC1B for ; Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:52:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@telenix.org) Received: (qmail 7800 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2009 17:52:09 -0000 Received: from april.chuckr.org (HELO april.telenix.org) (chuckr@[66.92.151.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail3.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 26 Jan 2009 17:52:09 -0000 Message-ID: <497DF6A1.3020508@telenix.org> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:45:05 -0500 From: Chuck Robey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <1232945177.32181.27.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20090126130242.F69204@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090126130242.F69204@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 OpenPGP: id=F3DCA0E9; url=http://pgp.mit.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Da Rock , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Solaris Compat? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:52:10 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> I don't want to raise an argument here (on multiple levels, no less...), >> but what would the compatibility be between FreeBSD (release) and >> Solaris? >> >> Why I ask is Adobe have released a version of flash for Solaris, and I'm >> wondering if this might work better than the linux_compat types. I tried > > it's nonsense to FreeBSD developers to do workaround just because adobe > don't want to make FreeBSD binary. > > If they don't want to make, then they DONT WANT US to use their product. > They DO HAVE RIGHT to do so, and please respect their rights! > > PS. Of course it's nonsense what they do, but again it's their right to > do stupid things I really, really dislike the notion that any company, in the selfishly sheer pursuit of profits, should be able to dictate to anyone what that person should be able to do, giving that it's within the limits of the law. Not allowing one to view many sites ISN'T within the moral control of any company, as long as you don't violate laws in doing it. Telling me that I should respect some idiot being able to tell me what I should or should not do with my own personal equipment (again, as long as you stay legal) is is the worst sort of moral cowardice. If you look at what Adobe is doing, they're making it obviously clear that they don't care about you using their tools, they only don't want you to use the operating system of your choice. And you want me to respect that, right? Sheesh! Why is it you use FreeBSD? Isn't it obviously clear that MicroSoft doesn't want you to? As long as you stay within the letter of the law, don't be so pusillanimous as to allow *any* company to dictate your free speech. As long as you stay within the law, then Free Speech is precisely what this all comes down to, and my rights to use whatever operating system I care to. Same as it's Adobe's right to refuse to support such a choice, which I agree with. But they can't tell me what I can do on my own. If I misunderstood you, above, then I apologize, but if I correctly read your meaning, then I'm sure my personal rights are important enough to me, to stay the course here. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkl99qEACgkQz62J6PPcoOkO4wCfZjUdhbszESNHXKrdM8JvxbSS we0An2zAvnI/0cNM4cxTMrH8Zh/qxkUz =Unze -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----