Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 20:00:24 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Davis <dd002f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Charles Henrich a Star? Message-ID: <4.2.0.32.19990413195904.04e421d0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.990413210356.12044A-100000@uhura.cc.rocheste r.edu> References: <4.2.0.32.19990413180127.04df8330@localhost>
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I didn't expect it either. I was HORRIBLY disappointed to find out that my offers of help, time, coding, etc. were greeted with disdain. It turned ME off very much. I still have to be on these lists because I support some FreeBSD systems, but I am no longer optimistic about the product. --Brett At 09:42 PM 4/13/99 -0400, Davis wrote: >[Snip lots o' stuff] > >Is it not just this sort of bickering that has hurt the progress of the >BSD projects throughout? I realize that I have not been around long enough >to know the half of it (I am probably not even old enough to know the >half of it), but from all the history I have read, this seems to have been >one of the major problems in the BSD community. > >It saddens me that even during the short time since I have gotten into >FreeBSD, I have been witness to this sort of thing. To be honest, it turns >me off to the BSD community. Granted, I have no intention of ditching it, >but nor do I have any interest in becoming more involved as it stands now. >I think others may experience similar feelings as they enter into the >community if this is the norm. > >FreeBSD seems to have many volatile personalities involved; there is >nothing wrong with that in itself, but those who fit this bill should >probably step back and try to get some perspective on things before going >off on someone. > >I do not mean to proselytize here, but it truly concerns me to see this >sort of thing. I doubt anything that goes on within the community is worth >arguing over (perhaps respectful debate, but no more). I merely want >FreeBSD to become a significantly larger force than it is currently, as I >consider it to be one of the best options available these days. I have a >feeling everyone else receiving this shares my desire. So let us exert our >energies in pursuit of this goal. > >-Davis. > >P.S. I am not normally like this; however more and more these days I see >people lose all sense of perspective on things (I am guilty of it myself), >and I cannot help but go off about it a little. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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