Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 02:35:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jan B. Koum " <jkb@best.com> To: Phillip Salzman <saten@shell.zebra.net> Cc: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD JVM crashes and burns in public... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980720023211.8419A-100000@shell6.ba.best.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980719142502.29988A-100000@shell.zebra.net>
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On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Phillip Salzman wrote: >On Sat, 18 Jul 1998, Jan B. Koum wrote: > >> >> How is this suppose to us feel better?!?! Don't you understand that >> someone who has no clue and will read this article will thing that free >> software is crap? DON'T YOU? I'd rather have someone use Linux then >> Microsoft. Jeez... go read http://editorials.freshmeat.net/jordan980713/ >> >> -- Yan > > Just because we are related (FreeBSD+Linux) at the free software >level does not mean we are friends. This is the real world, you do not >gain market share by having people use someone elses operating system. No no no.. You see, we actually ARE friends. Because if we wouldn't be friends, then it will be much easier for other to break Free Software apart. Our power is in togetherness. Too bad you still don't get it. > > No one ever said Linux was crap, I was just pointing out that we >were not butched and other OS's scored a less-than-wanted review. It just >happens that other OS was also a free one. I think you said something like "At least Linux sucked also" (sorry, don't have your original eMail). To which I replied it would be better to have at least one OS kick MS butt then none. > > Please do not jump all over me for and START TYPING IN CAPS for no >apparent reason except because you did not like me basically saying that >both OS's failed the benchmark. FreeBSD and Linux both need major work in >their Java support, this is true for our OS's, I did not say all free >software sucks. If I did, I would have no reason to continue to do what I >am. > Uhm.. OK! -- Yan >-- >Phillip Salzman >eclipse@gulf.net > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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