Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 10:00:57 -0700 From: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Negative Review of FreeBSD 5.4 Message-ID: <2fd864e05060510005beae696@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d7v07n$1ui1$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> References: <429EF96E.16172.33600ABA@localhost> <20050602180147.GA790@anarion> <d7pl0g$2f8f$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <2fd864e05060308544bc66225@mail.gmail.com> <d7v07n$1ui1$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de>
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On 6/5/05, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote: > Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> wrote: >=20 > > If you aren't familier enough with something to evaluate it, you > > shouldn't review it. >=20 > On the other hand, the reviewer should be neutral, which in this > area is strongly at odds with familiarity of the review subject. >=20 It doesn't take long, on the lists, and reading docs, to be pretty familier with FreeBSD. > > I've done plenty of evaluations of software for customers of mine, > > and I certainly don't just go through the install process, say "This > > sucks" and move on to the next product. >=20 > I'm sorry, but you are not in a position to judge your own review > process. For that we need a third party observer. And for all I > know, the producers of the software you evaluated might be aghast > at your process. >=20 I certainly can't say if my reviews are great or not. What I can say, however, is that I don't just run the installer, and determine at that point what the software is good for. > > I'm aware writing a review is incredibly difficult, however, I would > > suggest that one simply not write a review, if they are unwilling, or > > unable to meet the standard required by the technical audience their > > review is targeted at. >=20 > Which is why reviews are written by those who don't have these > qualms. >=20 And why I'll continue to point out factual inaccuracies in said reviews. > -- > Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" >
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