From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 20 22:27:24 2011 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 5527E1065670 for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:27:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave-freebsd@pooserville.com) Received: from smtp.pooserville.com (mail.pooserville.com [69.26.223.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F7188FC0C for ; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:27:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=mail.pooserville.com) by smtp.pooserville.com with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id LQ8ZPN-000FPV-BV; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:27:23 -0500 Received: from [76.183.154.110] (account dave-sa@pooserville.com HELO [192.168.74.51]) by mail.pooserville.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 983228; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:27:23 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft-MacOutlook/14.12.0.110505 Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:27:20 -0500 From: Dave Pooser Sender: Dave Pooser To: Michael Sierchio Message-ID: Thread-Topic: A quality operating system In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A quality operating system 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: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 22:27:24 -0000 On 8/20/11 1:09 PM, "Michael Sierchio" wrote: >Are you lazy, or stupid? man freebsd-update You know, someone more clever than you might have read enough of the message to realize that since I specifically referenced DTrace support as a FreeBSD advantage, I would have to be using a custom kernel, which pretty much kills the freebsd-update advantage. Add a modicum of self awareness and you might also realize that you're the poster child for the original poster's point 5, "Hostile Community." Frankly, I don't give that argument against the FreeBSD community a ton of weight because *every* technical mailing list has some bitter losers with no social skills, but it might be food for thought, if you ever do that sort of thing. -- Dave Pooser Cat-Herder-in-Chief, Pooserville.com "...Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well-preserved piece, but to slide across the finish line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, and shouting GERONIMO!!!" -- Bill McKenna