From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 21:30:13 2008 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 EAD04106564A for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:30:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo2no.shaw.ca [64.59.134.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFEE98FC31 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:30:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from prad@towardsfreedom.com) Received: from pd6ml1no-ssvc.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.153.160]) by pd7mo1no-svcs.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 15 Dec 2008 14:30:12 -0700 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=KoDPwd6_AAAA:8 a=bESUlvB6FWTwZc7sACEA:9 a=t4hyBPvAaMoMntvunkEA:7 a=t4k70Dh8b8RYlUbZryGH0BeO770A:4 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=D02SvSX6Ox4A:10 a=hMM2GHGroxMA:10 Received: from s0106000d935c7902.du.shawcable.net (HELO gom.home) ([70.67.160.177]) by pd6ml1no-dmz.prod.shaw.ca with ESMTP; 15 Dec 2008 14:30:11 -0700 Received: from gom.home (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gom.home (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E0AF1701E for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:30:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:30:09 -0800 From: prad To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20081215133009.55e7982f@gom.home> In-Reply-To: <200812151134.20253.> References: <20081213002037.F5665@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081215125319.N53356@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081215201408.GB60187@kokopelli.hydra> <200812151134.20253.> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors 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, 15 Dec 2008 21:30:14 -0000 On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:34:20 -0900 Beech Rintoul wrote: > Guys, enough! This thread is starting to spam the list. > i agree too at this point and apologize for some of my earlier contributions. it is clear there will probably be no resolution between the engaging parties of which a few seem to have lost self-discipline and have been reduced to hurling insults. (despite all this i am glad to see certain posts that were quite educational such as that patent discussion.) since giorgos has made it clear that the list is not moderated, it falls upon all of us to moderate ourselves and act in a reasonable and sensible manner - and stick to the topic at hand. as the zen saying goes "even a good thing is not as good as no thing", i think the best some of us can do is not post to this thread anymore. that is the action i will take (however tempting it may be to do otherwise). -- In friendship, prad ... with you on your journey Towards Freedom http://www.towardsfreedom.com (website) Information, Inspiration, Imagination - truly a site for soaring I's