Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 04:25:52 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Burbaickij Ariel <Ariel.Burbaickij@erl9.siemens.de> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AW: What is actually the state of support for Compaq 10/100 Netel lige nt Message-ID: <200012111225.eBBCPqx05484@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 11 Dec 2000 08:44:18 %2B0100." <1F69DAAD3391D411BE5300805FBED48B496C03@ERLM511A.erl9.siemens.de>
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to differentiate your text from that of the message to which you are
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but that may be asking too much.)
> > Please note that this sort of behaviour is not acceptable on FreeBSD =
> > lists, and if you persist with this attitude you will be filtered.
>
> I do not like to be blackmailed as I already had the opportunities to =
> said it numerous of times. Undertake whatever your held for appropriate=
=2E
You are not being blackmailed, you are being told that polite conduct is =
a
precondition of your use of this privately owned and administered service=
=2E
> > On a more reasonable note; assume that you have just discovered that,=
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> > like most New Yorkers, the driver author is well armed, and you've sa=
id =
> > this to his face.
> =
> Comparision is futile because author does not exert monopoly and is
> not my last resort . Things go just fine under Debian Linux .
The comparison has merit both as humour and also because it illustrates =
the futility of attempting to communicate with you.
However, your attempt at "blackmail" here is ineffective. We would =
rejoice if you were to use Debian GNU/Linux, as you would ideally cease =
to irritate us, which would be a marked improvement over the current =
state of affairs.
> > Now, do you expect him to help you, or leave you bleeding in a snowdr=
ift?
> =
> Have never heard before that matter of writing drivers has anything to =
do
> with one's consince.
I suspect there are many things you haven't heard of yet. Don't let that=
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stop you from discovering them; just bear in mind that some of them have =
sharp edges in unexpected places.
At any rate, I think I'll leave you to your fate. The developer and =
maintainer of the driver for your card is attempting to communicate =
reasonably with you; if you're willing to extend him the same courtesy, =
you may well end up with supported hardware.
In the meantime, remember this; just because we *look* like little
blinking lights on your screen doesn't mean we're Space Invaders. People=
on mailing lists are still real people.
Regards,
Mike
-- =
=2E.. every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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